98 - Helping a family of refugees - October 2022
We are pleased to be able to bring news about our 98th donation this weekend, which sees our wonderful collective £s combine to help a family one of our members met through the charity Refugees at Home. The father, Hosa, has been in the UK for 3 years, living in a hostel, having fled from Saudi Arabia. He has been through a long visa application process and recently his wife and 4 daughters, aged 7, 9, 12 & 15 have been granted reunification visas to join him here. They hadn’t seen each other for 3 years. The Refugee Council helped Hosa and his family find emergency accommodation with our member through Refugees at Home, and also quickly helped them get allocated a council flat - but as we frequently hear, it is woefully under furnished, so not easy for the family to get settled. The family have nothing - our member has helped as far as she can with some basics, but asked if we could offer anything. It is so hard to imagine arriving in a new country with nothing and wond