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The Tesfaye family fled Eritrea - help them rebuild in Albuquerque
Help a family of 6 start their new life in Albuquerque: furniture, rent deposit and language classes.
🇺🇸 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States4,325 views
My family left Eritrea 5 months ago after we could no longer live safely. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Albuquerque. We're a family of five 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 an electrician in Eritrea, 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 $3,450 goes:
• Beds, table and basic furniture: $1,150
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $195
• Winter clothing and school supplies: $590
• Rent deposit and first month: $1,515
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Gabriel
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- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $40
“Hope the November deadline works out. - Udaipur”
- Luciana Giovana Correia 🇧🇷 · $69
- Sharon Daniels 🇬🇧 · $10
- Ayaka Asuka Kobayashi 🇯🇵 · $25
“Praying for you. Thought of Gabriel all day after reading this. - Shinjuku”
- Abosede Olawale 🇳🇬 · $250
- Ximena R. López 🇺🇸 · $5
- Athumani Kipchoge Simiyu 🇺🇬 · $42.50
- Folake Sade Raji 🇳🇬 · $20
- Savannah S. Newman 🇬🇧 · $10
“Praying for you. Shared with friends too. - Belfast”
- Allan S. Tomas 🇵🇭 · $50
- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $5
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
- Intan Sri Prasetyo 🇮🇩 · $35
“All the best. From Surakarta with love. - Surakarta”
- Elias G. Cox 🇬🇧 · $5
- Bethlehem Teshome 🇪🇹 · $30
“Hope it all works out. Hope you get the rest soon. - Mekelle”
- Mansi F. Karandikar 🇮🇳 · $250
“All the best. Only $250 but hope it helps. - Kolkata”
- Angelica M. Aquino 🇵🇭 · $50
- Ivan Gusev 🇷🇺 · $20
- Juliet Lilian Ekwueme 🇳🇬 · $20
“Thought of Gabriel all day after reading this. - Gwagwalada”
- Venkat M. Subramanian 🇮🇳 · $5
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Sending love, Gabriel. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Vancouver but we're thinking of you.
Hang in there, Gabriel. Looking forward to the next update
Sending love, Gabriel. I hope things turn around soon. I'll check back for the next update. Thinking of Albuquerque.
Thinking of you and your family, Gabriel. Hope you get there. Thinking of Albuquerque.
Sending good thoughts, Gabriel. Hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care.
Rooting for you. Shared this with my family. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Greetings from Rohini.