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The Hosseini family fled Syria - help them rebuild in Bakersfield
After fleeing Syria, the Hosseini family has arrived in Bakersfield with little more than their documents. They need help with a deposit, furniture and the first months.
🇺🇸 Bakersfield, California, United States2,092 views
My family left Syria 13 months ago after the conflict closed our school and clinic. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Bakersfield. We're a family of six and we're safe, but we arrived with very little.
Our resettlement agency has provided 2 months of rent, and that support ends in August.
I was an engineer 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 Bakersfield Refugee Support Network, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf.
Where the $5,150 goes:
• Rent deposit and first month: $2,650
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $1,500
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $380
• Language classes and bus passes: $410
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $210
If you're reading this, thank you.
- Patrick
Updates from Patrick
Small update. $1,003 so far, I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts.
- Ryan R. Molina 🇺🇸 · $25
- Vasyl Pavel Semenov 🇷🇺 · $25
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $10
- Karina J. Rodríguez 🇪🇸 · $20
“Happy to help. My cousin told me about this one. - Barcelona”
- Hari P. Hegde 🇮🇳 · $25
“Thought of Patrick all day after reading this. - Kanpur”
- Lorena Navarro 🇨🇴 · $25
“Hope it all works out. Hope you get the rest soon. - Bucaramanga”
- Savannah Gaines 🇺🇸 · $7
“Get well soon. Thought of Patrick all day after reading this. - Eugene”
- Yuni Sari Prasetyo 🇮🇩 · $15
- Modupe Ngozika Olawale 🇳🇬 · $100
- Fatima W. Fourie 🇿🇦 · $75
- Fábio Marcelo Teixeira 🇧🇷 · $26
- Raymond C. Martinez 🇬🇧 · $40.50
“Hope things get better. Thought of Patrick all day after reading this. - Southampton”
- Faith T. Quizon 🇵🇭 · $35
- Felipe Araújo 🇧🇷 · $50
- Susana R. Rojas 🇺🇸 · $20
- Dinesh D. Sood 🇺🇸 · $25
- Rekha N. Thakur 🇮🇳 · $100
- Weerasak Wattana 🇹🇭 · $23
- Lindiwe P. Van der Merwe 🇿🇦 · $53
- Nathaniel George Appiah 🇬🇭 · $30
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best of luck. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Iloilo City.
sending strength, Patrick. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.
sending strength. Shared it with a few friends. Love from Toronto.
thinking of you, Patrick. Hope this works out for you. I have a 9 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of Bakersfield
So sorry you're going through this, Patrick. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Bakersfield
Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Madrid this morning. God bless.
Hope things get better soon. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Bakersfield.
Looking forward to the next update. Love from Sacramento
Sending love. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Love from San Francisco.