Stomp out racism in our community
Help this refugee family to secure their home to purchase better cameras and lights to feel safe any remaining funds to make street safer
Mosgiel, Otago
Kia ora friends, whānau and the community,
On the night of July 3rd 2023, a whānau of refugees formally from Syria and now reside in Mosgiel, suffered another viscous attack. Their property was set on fire under suspicious circumstances whilst they remained in their own home. This attack was not the first, and this whānau feel as though it will not be the last. This is their home, city, and country, where everyone should feel safe, especially this particular population group. A group who fled a country of war and violence, to come to what should be safety. However, for this whānau, this has not been the case. This whānau in our community have been at the hands of SEVERAL viscous hate crimes during the past year, with a devastating increase of attacks within the past two months which include, but is not limited to, verbal abuse, damages to property and frightening visits at early hours of the morning. This is just a short list of the suffering this beautiful whānau have been exposed to. A whānau who live in constant fear, ongoing loss of sleep, the inability to feel safe leaving their house and extensive costs of damaged property. This is all a result of r@cism from a group who find joy in terrorizing a vulnerable whānau, who just want to live in peace! The police in our community have failed to keep this family safe, it is now our turn to step in, support this whānau and show them what it truly means to live in our country 💜
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Use of funds
Heat night vision cameras and lights to secure their safety and better chance of getting to the bottom of these racial attacks.
And any things needing replaced after fire for the kids and home Remaining funds to be spent on making street safer for everyon
Latest update
Update on our beautiful family 13 July 2023
Funds will be used for:
$1,000 - cameras and lights to secure their safety
$500 - any things that need replaced
$200 any other support the family needs camera doorbell to see visitors faces clearly if pass camera and security system this is the estimate of this one until we have confirmation it may be slightly more $25 ish five and take
$1,250 activities and halal food for the community event on Saturday. this includes the hire fee of the bbqs, bouncy castles, some extra halal food, purchase of team hoodies anti Racisim for the family, to pay for the printing of the posters and colouring comp, dcc revise bag and removal all at the descretion of Ibraham and the family who had requested this party. we are expecting the major and dcc to attend and other community leaders and papers and press and around 250 responded to the events we have posted online. The family are wanting their word out there and we are doing it
remaining money for the family to buy a skip and clean yard and move to a safer location set up new home, bond ect and become safe and settled and hopefully their cameras and a new home will Give them Peace of mind to life fear free :)
note, at this stage no funds are needed to make the street safer, as it seems that the dcc are stepping up to make the changes requested and also believe the family are leaving the street as soon as possible with a transfer
The family would like to say a big thank you to everyone for their love and kindness and support!
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