Bring Pascaline's Family to Canada
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This is Pascaline.
She came to Montreal in 2011 as a refugee from the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I met her in 2015 when I was working at Dépôt-Clé self-storage, where she kept her documentation and clothes while she lived at various women’s shelters.
One cold February day she gathered the courage to ask me for help with her Permanent Residence application, which had been rejected by the federal government due to errors in the dates of her work history. I helped her fill out the form, and, months later, her Permanent Residence card arrived in the mail. It was a happy day. Now that she was a permanent resident of Canada, she was able to sponsor the rest of her family to come to Montreal, too. That’s what we’ve been working on for the past year.
After dozens of forms, thousands of dollars in medical exams, passport renewals, courier fees and etc., her husband, three sons, and two daughters have finally been approved for visas and will be able to come to Canada. She hasn’t seen her family in over 5 years. The final step to have her family escape the war in Congo is to purchase airplane tickets.
If you haven’t heard any news about conflict in Congo, it’s because there’s been conflict in Congo since 1997 - and before that it was a dictatorship. It’s not news anymore. Conflict is the status quo. I don’t know how to outline the details, but suffice it to say that the current war has been the deadliest since World War II.
Airplane tickets from Kinshasa to Montreal cost about $900 each. Pascaline has exhausted her list of resources and has gathered the funds that she can, so now I’m asking you. If you’re able to donate even $20 to help Pascaline and her family get settled in Canada, please do. She is one of the kindest and most humble people I’ve ever met, and does not ask for charity easily. Crowdfunding was my idea, not hers. If you’ve ever wanted to help refugees and didn’t know where to start, this is a great opportunity. Funds will go straight to Pascaline - not an agency, not a non-profit. Pascaline has been grateful for every bit of help she has ever received. I can’t imagine how she would react if we met our $6,000 goal.
The success of getting her family approved for their visas has been a ray of light in the darkness of 2016. Help me bring her family home.
She came to Montreal in 2011 as a refugee from the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I met her in 2015 when I was working at Dépôt-Clé self-storage, where she kept her documentation and clothes while she lived at various women’s shelters.
One cold February day she gathered the courage to ask me for help with her Permanent Residence application, which had been rejected by the federal government due to errors in the dates of her work history. I helped her fill out the form, and, months later, her Permanent Residence card arrived in the mail. It was a happy day. Now that she was a permanent resident of Canada, she was able to sponsor the rest of her family to come to Montreal, too. That’s what we’ve been working on for the past year.
After dozens of forms, thousands of dollars in medical exams, passport renewals, courier fees and etc., her husband, three sons, and two daughters have finally been approved for visas and will be able to come to Canada. She hasn’t seen her family in over 5 years. The final step to have her family escape the war in Congo is to purchase airplane tickets.
If you haven’t heard any news about conflict in Congo, it’s because there’s been conflict in Congo since 1997 - and before that it was a dictatorship. It’s not news anymore. Conflict is the status quo. I don’t know how to outline the details, but suffice it to say that the current war has been the deadliest since World War II.
Airplane tickets from Kinshasa to Montreal cost about $900 each. Pascaline has exhausted her list of resources and has gathered the funds that she can, so now I’m asking you. If you’re able to donate even $20 to help Pascaline and her family get settled in Canada, please do. She is one of the kindest and most humble people I’ve ever met, and does not ask for charity easily. Crowdfunding was my idea, not hers. If you’ve ever wanted to help refugees and didn’t know where to start, this is a great opportunity. Funds will go straight to Pascaline - not an agency, not a non-profit. Pascaline has been grateful for every bit of help she has ever received. I can’t imagine how she would react if we met our $6,000 goal.
The success of getting her family approved for their visas has been a ray of light in the darkness of 2016. Help me bring her family home.
Organiser
Jay Ritchie
Organiser
Montréal, QC