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Jan 6, 2020 to Dec 28, 2020
Price: CCA Donation No Tax: $50.00 for Customer
CCA Donation No Tax IN PERSON: $0.00 for Customer
Ages: Less than 100
Gender: Mixed
Spaces: Retired
Registration Dates: Standard registration opens: Dec 3, 2019 9am
Internet registration opens: Dec 3, 2019 9am

Description: 

Canucks Family Education Centre, in partnership with the Britannia Community Services Centre and many other individuals and organizations, is fundraising to save an international family who is fleeing an extremely unsafe situation in the Middle East, and we need your help!

We are working with one of the Canucks Family Education Centre (CFEC) students, Fatemeh Zamani, to help get her only surviving sister, husband and 4 children to the safety of Vancouver.

As you may have read, in The Vancouver Sun article, the devastating series of events that lead to the deaths of five of Fatemeh’s closest family members - mother, father, two brothers and a sister.

The family is currently living outside of Afghanistan and through the efforts of a number of individuals and partners we were successful in raising $33,000 to begin the process for refugee sponsorship. The Canadian Memorial United Church will submit an application to the Canadian government, February 2020. This 1-year sponsorship commitment period pays for the family’s housing, food, clothing and other necessities, once they arrive in the Vancouver area.

Not included in this amount is the costs of sustaining the family in the undisclosed country where they have sought asylum (rent, food and other essentials); airline tickets to fly to Vancouver; and other costs associated with travel once the application is granted.

Please help us save this family. THANK YOU!

For more information and/or a tax receipt, please contact Jean Rasmussen, Executive Director CFEC, at 778-321-3487 or jean.cfec@gmail.com

Online donations - $50 only

In person/Phone Donations - Any amount

In Person donations - Britannia Info Centre - 1661 Napier Street

Phone Donations - 604-718-5800 (1)

Thank you for your support!!

Notes:

For more information and/or a tax receipt, please contact Jean Rasmussen, Executive Director CFEC, at 778-321-3487 or jean.cfec@gmail.com

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