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The Yusuf family fled Somalia - help them rebuild in Oakland
The Yusuf family are rebuilding in Oakland after leaving Somalia; your gift pays for housing basics.
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My family left Somalia 6 months ago after our home was destroyed. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Oakland. 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 October.
I was a farmer in Somalia, 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 $2,650 goes:
• Language classes and bus passes: $610
• Phone and internet for school and job search: $220
• Rent deposit and first month: $1,820
Every share and every dollar helps.
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- Fatma Gamze Özkan 🇹🇷 · $20
- Arun E. Iyengar 🇮🇳 · $10
- Lata Bansal 🇬🇧 · $100
- Wiktor Wiktor Kaźmierczak 🇬🇧 · $15
- Mavis Araba Gyamfi 🇬🇭 · $25
- Isla P. Yates 🇺🇸 · $50
- Ronaldo Antônio Duarte 🇧🇷 · $100
- Da-eun Ji-yeon Shim 🇰🇷 · $10
“All the best. Thought of Sarah all day after reading this. - Gangnam”
- Cora E. Norris 🇺🇸 · $35
- Souad Aisha Soliman 🇪🇸 · $50
“Rooting for you. Small amount but sent with love. - Málaga”
- Trung Hiếu Do 🇻🇳 · $50
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $20
- Daniel D. Villalobos 🇲🇽 · $5
“You got this. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Veracruz”
- Ginevra Pellegrini 🇮🇹 · $31
- Paloma L. Sandoval 🇺🇸 · $10
- Renata Vasconcelos 🇧🇷 · $5
- Joshua R. Tolentino 🇵🇭 · $10
“Every little bit. Please keep us posted. - Bacoor”
- Walker R. Vaughn 🇨🇦 · $5
- Marina Halyna Tkachenko 🇷🇺 · $30
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rooting for you, Sarah. Hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
Shared it with a few friends. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Oakland
best of luck, Sarah. Hope you get there. I have a 12 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Take care.
Hope things get better soon. Looking forward to the next update. Wish I lived closer to Belfast so I could bring a meal. Greetings from Niterói.
Thinking of you and your family, Sarah. Your post was clear and honest.
Hang in there, Sarah. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.
Sending love. This could happen to any of us. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Anaheim.
Stay strong, Sarah. This could happen to any of us. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Hope things get better soon. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Burnaby.