Aid for the Aladris Family
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Meet the Aladris Family -
Ahmad (father, 41 years old), Sabah (mother, 34); their children, Mahmoud (12), Mohamad (9), Eilaf (7), Hussam (6), and Zein Eddin (3). The family fled Aleppo and was granted refuge a few months ago in San Diego, CA.
All seven of them live in a small apartment and are currently depending on a single income and limited public and private non-profit resources and support to begin their new lives here in America. They are a friendly, gracious family, and I'm honored to have the opportunity to help them and to show them what truly makes our country so special - it's People.
The first time I met Ahmad and Sabah, they eagerly welcomed me into their home and offered me homemade baklava, rice pudding, and Turkish coffee. Sabah even insisted I bring extra home for my husband and son! Their apartment is extremely small for a family of seven. And it needs some significant repairs and pest control - the ceiling is cracked from leaky pipes, cockroaches scurried in and out of sight every few minutes, and the screens intended to cover their second-story windows were ripped. Sabah keeps the home completely spotless in an effort to keep the pests at bay, but it's clear the infestation is beyond her control.
The children were all away at school, except for Zein Eddin, who curiously peeked out around the corner and giggled as I chatted with his mother and father in the family's living room.
Ahmad, the family breadwinner, is the only working-age male in the home. He speaks a little English and attends a class at the local high school to improve his communication skills. Sabah was also attending school in an effort to learn our language but was assaulted there in December. While sitting outside the school with two friends, a man approached her, ripped her hijab from her head, shouted ethnic and religious slurs at her, then punched her in the face. That person was prosecuted and convicted, but Sabah is understadably scared to venture out on her own now and had a hard time returning to the school.
This family has experienced unimaginable suffering, and I feel compelled - as a mother, as an American, as a human being who was fortunate enough to be born who and when and where I was - to do something to help them. I'm asking for your help, too.
If you can make a donation to my GoFundMe page, I would be incredibly grateful. Their list of needs is not long - a kitchen table with six chairs so they can eat together, two floor lamps, a carpet and rug pad to cover the cement floor of their apartment, a water cooler, a phone for Sabah, and pest control repellers. Anything you can contribute will be greatly appreciated.
Ahmad (father, 41 years old), Sabah (mother, 34); their children, Mahmoud (12), Mohamad (9), Eilaf (7), Hussam (6), and Zein Eddin (3). The family fled Aleppo and was granted refuge a few months ago in San Diego, CA.
All seven of them live in a small apartment and are currently depending on a single income and limited public and private non-profit resources and support to begin their new lives here in America. They are a friendly, gracious family, and I'm honored to have the opportunity to help them and to show them what truly makes our country so special - it's People.
The first time I met Ahmad and Sabah, they eagerly welcomed me into their home and offered me homemade baklava, rice pudding, and Turkish coffee. Sabah even insisted I bring extra home for my husband and son! Their apartment is extremely small for a family of seven. And it needs some significant repairs and pest control - the ceiling is cracked from leaky pipes, cockroaches scurried in and out of sight every few minutes, and the screens intended to cover their second-story windows were ripped. Sabah keeps the home completely spotless in an effort to keep the pests at bay, but it's clear the infestation is beyond her control.
The children were all away at school, except for Zein Eddin, who curiously peeked out around the corner and giggled as I chatted with his mother and father in the family's living room.
Ahmad, the family breadwinner, is the only working-age male in the home. He speaks a little English and attends a class at the local high school to improve his communication skills. Sabah was also attending school in an effort to learn our language but was assaulted there in December. While sitting outside the school with two friends, a man approached her, ripped her hijab from her head, shouted ethnic and religious slurs at her, then punched her in the face. That person was prosecuted and convicted, but Sabah is understadably scared to venture out on her own now and had a hard time returning to the school.
This family has experienced unimaginable suffering, and I feel compelled - as a mother, as an American, as a human being who was fortunate enough to be born who and when and where I was - to do something to help them. I'm asking for your help, too.
If you can make a donation to my GoFundMe page, I would be incredibly grateful. Their list of needs is not long - a kitchen table with six chairs so they can eat together, two floor lamps, a carpet and rug pad to cover the cement floor of their apartment, a water cooler, a phone for Sabah, and pest control repellers. Anything you can contribute will be greatly appreciated.
Organizer
Amber Rabon-Luna
Organizer
San Diego, CA