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URGENT! Help a Refugee Mom Get to the East Coast!

Can you imagine journeying more than 2,500 long, hot miles through jungle and desert – from Honduras to Tijuana, Mexico with five children, three of them under the age of five? When this brave and resilient mother, determined to escape violence and threats in her home country, reached the U.S. border, she was attacked and left to wait in a dangerous and frightening environment. I was there while she waited. I saw it with my own eyes. I took this picture of her kids with my own phone.

This is Maria's story. Now we have an opportunity to give her a bright new start this Christmas. THIS WEEKEND I'm raising money to buy airfare for them to get to The East Coast where she and her children can live without fear, start school and start over.  They need EVERYTHING. Funds will cover travel expenses, shelter, clothing, food and other costs associated with the next phase of their journey. 

I am representing the family in immigration court pro bono.

Will you help celebrate her courage and determination with a donation? It might be the most important holiday gift you've ever given.

Please help me help a refugee family in their time of need!
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Donations 

  • Ellen Spiegel
    • $250 
    • 5 yrs
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Organizer

Ava Benach
Organizer
Washington D.C., DC

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