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The Bakr family fled Iraq - help them rebuild in Stockholm

The Bakr family are rebuilding in Stockholm after leaving Iraq; your gift pays for housing basics.

🇸🇪 Sweden4,265 views
Sixten Torsten Hermansson
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Stockholm
My family left Iraq 9 months ago after our home was destroyed. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Stockholm. We're a family of five and we're safe, but we arrived with very little. Our resettlement agency has provided 3 months of rent, and that support ends in March. I was a teacher in Iraq, 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 Stockholm Refugee Support Network, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf. Where the $2,850 goes: • Winter clothing and school supplies: $530 • Rent deposit and first month: $1,800 • Phone and internet for school and job search: $175 • Language classes and bus passes: $345 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure. - Sixten
#refugees#resettlement#family

Updates from Sixten

  1. We're at 45% thanks to 41 of you. the plan for phone and internet for school and job search is now scheduled. More news soon.

  2. Small update. $1,043 so far, the plan for language classes and bus passes is now scheduled.

  3. Update from Stockholm: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 18% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Pooja N. Bhatia 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Fitria Wulan Suharto 🇮🇩 · $10

    “From my family to yours. Thought of Sixten all day after reading this. - Malang”

  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $28
  • Sergei Andreev 🇮🇹 · $5
  • Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $70
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25

    “Rooting for you. Thought of Sixten all day after reading this. - El Paso”

  • Lanre Victor Ogunleye 🇳🇬 · $10
  • Awino Okello 🇺🇬 · $20
  • Heloísa Lúcia Costa 🇧🇷 · $25
  • Sharmila Farhana Pramanik 🇧🇩 · $33
  • Bhavani S. Srinivasan 🇮🇳 · $62.50
  • Noah F. McDaniel 🇬🇧 · $20
  • Josefina F. Ramirez 🇵🇭 · $30

    “Good luck. Thought of Sixten all day after reading this. - Caloocan”

  • Naomi K. Gregory 🇺🇸 · $30.50
  • Natalia N. Duarte 🇲🇽 · $50

    “From my family to yours. Thought of Sixten all day after reading this.”

  • Jonathan S. Larson 🇺🇸 · $5
  • Ebuka Lanre Uzor 🇳🇬 · $5

    “Blessings. Thought of Sixten all day after reading this. - Ikeja”

  • Decha Chanchai Panyarachun 🇹🇭 · $20
  • Yvonne Ellen Van Vliet 🇳🇱 · $61

    “Take care of yourselves. I'm in The Hague, thinking of you.”

  • Quinn C. Brooks 🇺🇸 · $72

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  • Lucía P. Cortés

    Thanks for sharing this. Hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Shinjuku

    • Maricel E. Reyes

      Best of luck, Sixten. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Please keep us posted. Blessings

      • Hannah Hannah FrimpongQuestion

        how is Sixten doing now?

        • Ali Talha KhanID verified

          hope things get better soon. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Blessings.

          • Aparecida Fabiana Brito

            Sending good thoughts. I hope things turn around soon. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Latina.

            • James Kipchoge Salim

              Sending love, Sixten. Shared this with my family. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Stockholm!

              • Fatema Sharmin Sheikh

                so sorry you're going through this. Hope this works out for you. Don't give up. All the best.

                • Radhika W. Prabhu

                  Thanks for sharing this. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My husband and I read this together. Love from Busan

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