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Resettlement support for 9 people arriving in El Paso

The Petrenko family are rebuilding in El Paso after leaving Venezuela; your gift pays for housing basics.

🇺🇸 El Paso, Texas, United States2,860 views
Sadie M. Wong
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El Paso
My family left Venezuela 5 months ago after the conflict closed our school and clinic. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in El Paso. We're a family of eight and we're safe, but we arrived with very little. Our resettlement agency has provided 4 months of rent, and that support ends in June. I was a farmer in Venezuela, 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. All purchases will be documented and photos shared (with the family's consent). Where the $1,950 goes: • Phone and internet for school and job search: $240 • Winter clothing and school supplies: $510 • Rent deposit and first month: $1,200 With deep gratitude, Sadie
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Updates from Sadie

  1. Thank you all. We're at 56% now ($1,089). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 48% now ($934). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  3. Update from El Paso: we've started the first stage. We're at 15% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Madhu J. SidhuID verified

    Sending good thoughts, Sadie. This could happen to any of us.

    • Renato Mateus Machado

      Thanks for sharing this. Hope this works out for you. Thinking of El Paso.

      • Rahima Tahmina Mondal

        Wishing you the best, Sadie. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Bang Khen.

        • Sara Giulia PirasPhoto verified

          Take care, Sadie. This could happen to any of us. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out.

          • Vivaan T. Mehra

            take care, Sadie. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Lagos.

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