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The Okonkwo family fled Sudan - help them rebuild in Augusta
After fleeing Sudan, the Okonkwo family has arrived in Augusta with little more than their documents. They need help with a deposit, furniture and the first months.
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My family left Sudan 11 months ago after the conflict closed our school and clinic. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Augusta. 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 October.
I was a shopkeeper in Sudan, 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 a local church-run settlement group, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf.
Where the $5,150 goes:
• Rent deposit and first month: $2,450
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $1,050
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $870
• Language classes and bus passes: $610
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $170
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I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We're a small family in Heraklion but we're thinking of you. All the best.
Hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Augusta.
Thanks for sharing this, Willow. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. It's not much but it's yours. Blessings!
Thinking of you and your family. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Ekurhuleni but we're thinking of you. Blessings