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Resettlement support for 9 people arriving in Austin
Help a family of 7 start their new life in Austin: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States1,703 views
My family left Syria 6 months ago after the conflict closed our school and clinic. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Austin. We're a family of five and we're safe, but we arrived with very little.
Our resettlement agency has provided 4 months of rent, and that support ends in November.
I was a mechanic in Syria, and I'm studying the language every evening. Our daughter and son have started school and are doing well.
We want nothing more than to be self-sufficient. This fund will help us through the first six months.
Funds are managed by the Austin Welcome Table charity, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf.
Where the $1,250 goes:
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $170
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $340
• Language classes and bus passes: $740
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Travis
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- Shirin Dola Sheikh 🇮🇳 · $20
“Hang in there. Shared with friends too. - Mysuru”
- Josefina L. Legaspi 🇵🇭 · $71
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $20
- Alexei Alexei Nikitin 🇺🇦 · $100
“This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Dnipro”
- Regina R. Mendoza 🇲🇽 · $30
“All the best. I'm in Ciudad de México, thinking of you. - Ciudad de México”
- Lincoln W. Hawkins 🇳🇿 · $200
“Wish I could do more. Hope the November deadline works out. - Christchurch”
- Heru Umar Gunawan 🇮🇩 · $10
- Zoya Svetlana Kovalchuk 🇺🇦 · $25
- Senthil N. Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 · $50
“Good luck. My colleague told me about this one. - Mangaluru”
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $10
- Jaxon Nelson 🇺🇸 · $16
- Camelia Florea 🇷🇴 · $25
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Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Mombasa.
Thinking of you, Travis. Shared this with my family
Good luck, Travis. I hope things turn around soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
hope it all works out, Travis. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Blessings.