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Local Alameda Guatemalan Refugee Family Needs Our Support

Item Number: 807

Estimated Value: 600 USD
Buy Now Price: 25 USD
Quantity Available: 0
Sold: 9 – Purchase History

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Item Description

A family arriving in the Bay Area as refugees has often experienced unthinkable war and trauma and brings little or nothing with them to establish a new life here. This refugee family escaped from Guatemala and have endured great difficulties in their journey here. In this new place and these new circumstances, they have been supported through transitional housing. As they begin to find employment and gain some independence, they are slowly moving out of transitional housing into rented spaces, but are not able to bring anything with them. They start again with nothing. Having basic cooking equipment allows the family to move forward a bit and begin the process of adjustment and healing.

All Good Living Foundation is currently working to support these refugee families who have resettled here in Alameda and are in need of cooking supplies. Each family brings its own story and its own richness to our community, and with these donations, we can support them as they navigate this new chapter of their lives.

Catch the Wave-Tupperware is putting together a selection of Tupperware Brand Products, including Chef Series I Cookware, Cooking Utensils, Microwave Cookware, Tableware, Storage and on the Go. Selection will be customized by Denise Lum to each family according to their needs.

Item Special Note

This grandmother, adult daughter and her child, and teenage son, came to the United States through the refugee project that allows families from Guatemala to enter the US as refugees. The refugee project aids children who have been harassed by gangs in Guatemala. The family worked with Alameda Deanery’s Welcome the Stranger Refugee Support Committee for a year and have now moved into their own apartment in Alameda. The daughter and son are now working on construction projects. The grandmother takes care of her granddaughter and picks up odd jobs clearing houses and taking care of the elderly and sick. Her granddaughter is in the first grade and learning English. They struggle to make ends meet each month, but are happy to be a family working together in the United States away from the gangs.