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The Sahin family fled Iraq - help them rebuild in Oakland
Help a family of 5 start their new life in Oakland: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.
🇺🇸 California, United States3,940 views
My family left Iraq 8 months ago after we were targeted for our work. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Oakland. We're a family of four and we're safe, but we arrived with very little.
Our resettlement agency has provided 2 months of rent, and that support ends in June.
I was a nurse 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.
All purchases will be documented and photos shared (with the family's consent).
Where the $4,500 goes:
• Rent deposit and first month: $2,600
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $860
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $530
• Language classes and bus passes: $280
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $230
Thanks for reading all this.
- Leah
Updates from Leah
Good news. Because of your gifts ($2,537 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Federica Damico 🇮🇹 · $25
- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $50
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
- Diego Enzo Guimarães 🇧🇷 · $200
- Saima Dua Niazi 🇵🇰 · $57
- Ana Bianca Teixeira 🇧🇷 · $20
“Keep your head up! - Pelotas”
- Fani Elsa Firmansyah 🇮🇩 · $25
- Galih Rizky Hartono 🇮🇩 · $25
- Brooks C. Gill 🇺🇸 · $50
- Kamal Metwally 🇬🇧 · $5
- Berhanu Solomon Nigussie 🇪🇹 · $100
“Wish I could do more. Thought of Leah all day after reading this.”
- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $25
- Bisma Dua Jatoi 🇵🇰 · $10
- Anong Anong Chanthara 🇹🇭 · $50
- Benoît Benoît Martin 🇫🇷 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $58
- Carmen F. García 🇲🇽 · $79.50
“Good luck. Hope the June deadline works out. - Ciudad de México”
- Lorena Álvarez 🇦🇷 · $50
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50
- Anonymous 🇯🇵 · $100
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hope you get there. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Oakland.
Hang in there, Leah. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did!
Rooting for you, Leah. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Oakland.
good luck. Hope you get there. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. God bless.