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<p>I am Sally, Leen’s mother. I brought my daughter from Gaza to the United States with the biggest hope a mother can carry in her heart  the hope of saving her child.
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<p>Leen has been fighting an aggressive leukemia with incredible courage. She has endured treatments, hospitals, pain, fear, and months of separation from her father and younger brother. We came here searching for a cure, but despite the incredible care she has received, her leukemia has continued to progress. My beautiful girl is now very ill.
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<p>Today, Leen is holding onto one wish: to make it to Egypt.
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<p>She hopes to continue the care available to her there, but in her heart, Egypt means being closer to Gaza and closer to home. Most of all, she is praying that she can hold on long enough for us to find a way for her father and little brother to reach Egypt so she can see them again.
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<p>As her mother, I cannot promise her this will happen. But I have to try.
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<p>I will be traveling with my children and starting over with almost nothing. I need help providing housing, food, transportation, schooling for my children, medical needs, and basic living expenses while I care for Leen and figure out what comes next for our family.
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<p>Please help me give my daughter this chance.
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<p>Every donation brings Leen one step closer to home, one step closer to her father, and one step closer to hugging her little brother again.
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<p>If you cannot donate, please share Leen’s story and pray for her.
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<p>I came here hoping to save my daughter. Now I am asking for your help to fulfill the wish she is still fighting to reach.
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<div>We are a program organized through UC International that focuses on providing an immersive, hands-on learning experience in the Northern Zone of Costa Rica for UC students pursuing nursing, pre-allied health, and social work careers. We will be given the opportunity to fully immerse ourselves within Nicaraguan asylum-seeking and refugee populations as well as Costa Rican and transnational migrant populations. Due to the sociopolitical and economic crisis in Nicaragua, over 200,000 Nicaraguans were exiled from their country, forcing families to settle in the Northern Zone of Costa Rica with little to no personal belongings or documents.  
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<div>All donations to our GoFundMe would directly provide these communities with supplies of which they are in desperate need. Some of these much-needed products include hygiene products (toothbrushes, toothpaste, hairbrushes, wipes, toiletries, ect.), eyeglasses, shoes, and clothes.  In addition to these products, donations will also go towards school and art supplies, construction materials, and other necessities to support the community. One of the most pressing projects is making repairs to improve safe shelters that are accesible for vulnerable immigrant families.  
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<div>A large focus of our program is facilitating health workshops and activities in these immigrant and refugee communities to educate important health topics such as sex education, protection of mental health, and hygiene principles in a fun, interactive way. Your donations will directly provide the communities with not only the necessary health supplies to be used for educational purposes in our workshops, but for practical and necessary uses beyond. For example, on our 2023 service trip, we taught the women in these communities how to practice healthy self-care techniques using donated beauty products. With the donations from our supporters, we were able to teach long-lasting mental health practices in this community as well as build relationships.   
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<div>A student who attended the program last year shared, “I recently had the most amazing opportunity getting to spend ten days in different communities of Costa Rica serving and working with displaced refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants. This program was easily one of the most impactful and eye-opening experiences of my life. From working in communities with no running water, food, or AC in 100-degree weather to getting to visit local schools and learn from the children, it is clear the differences in how in which we get to live our lives. The hope and dedication of these individuals are enough to inspire one for a lifetime and I am so grateful I got to be a part of building a new community. I am forever grateful for UC, my professors, and the 17 students I got to travel with and become friends with over the last ten days.” A. Homan 
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<p>We are very sad to say that we have had to say goodbye to our Mother Rosangela Patelo. For those of you who knew her,  it was Rosa! We are so grateful for having had her here with us for as long as we did. She had a fierce passion for education that shined through every interaction with her. She was a fantastic artist, teacher, and was amazingly creative and crafty. She loved fiercely and protected everyone with that mama bear energy. 
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<p>We are very grateful to everyone who has reached out to express their love for our mother and her concern. We are asking for help to raise funds to help us cover funeral and autopsy costs. This was a sudden loss and we already miss her a lot. 
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<p>If you are unable to donate and still want to share your love, please all we ask if for a prayer for strength for the family during this time as we celebrate Rosa's life &amp; memory.
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