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Resettlement support for 9 people arriving in Ottawa
Help a family of 6 start their new life in Ottawa: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.
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My family left Afghanistan 11 months ago after the conflict closed our school and clinic. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Ottawa. We're a family of six 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 teacher in Afghanistan, 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 $1,700 goes:
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $530
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $200
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $970
If you're reading this, thank you.
- Vikas
Updates from Vikas
Quick update: $137 raised so far (8%). the plan for winter clothing and school supplies is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Update from Ottawa: the plan for phone and internet for school and job search is now scheduled. We're at 4% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us. - Vikas
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- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50
- Diana Kuznetsov 🇺🇦 · $30
“Be well. My colleague told me about this one. - Kharkiv”
- Ramesh R. Bansal 🇮🇳 · $25
- Bram Maarten Hermans 🇳🇱 · $22
“Every little bit. Gave what I could this week. - Breda”
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“My colleague told me about this one. - Gaya”
- Osama Hassan Nassar 🇪🇬 · $10
- Haris Naufal Maulana 🇮🇩 · $10
- Chiara Federica Guerra 🇮🇹 · $5
“Stay strong. Thought of Vikas all day after reading this.”
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Sending good thoughts, Vikas. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Please keep us posted. All the best.
So sorry you're going through this, Vikas. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Ottawa.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Vikas
The list at the bottom is the whole picture. winter clothing and school supplies is the biggest at $530. Good question.
shared this with my family. Love from Wiesbaden.
Sending strength, Vikas. Shared this with my family. Take care.
So sorry you're going through this, Vikas. This could happen to any of us. Wish I lived closer to Red Deer so I could bring a meal
Wishing you peace, Vikas. Shared this with my family. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Take care
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Ottawa.
Hope it all works out, Vikas. Looking forward to the next update. God bless.
Thinking of you. Your post was clear and honest. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. All the best.
Keep going. Shared this with my family. Take care!