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<ul><li><div>Youssef Al-Khodor is a writer and single father originally from Syria. He currently lives as a refugee in Beirut, Lebanon, along with his two young daughters, Rouaa and Diala. They cannot return to Syria, but they also cannot stay in Lebanon, where they have no rights and Youssef cannot legally work. Their situation is precarious and unsustainable for the long term.</div><div><br /></div><img alt="" style="box-sizing:inherit;display:block;height:auto;vertical-align:middle;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;max-height:490px;margin-bottom:1.5rem;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;max-width:100%" /><div><br /></div><div>Youssef is a man of great curiosity, creativity, and empathy. He is an avid learner who dreams of going to University and providing a better life for his daughters. We are on the verge of helping him realize that dream.</div><div><br /></div><div>The family has been formally approved by Canada for resettlement in Abbotsford, British Columbia, in the first months of 2023. What is needed now is financial support to ensure that their needs are met for the first year.</div><div><br /></div><div>To get to this point, Youssef endured many extreme hardships and great personal loss.</div><div><br /></div><div>During the past decade of civil war in Syria, he lost both his parents to illness and four brothers to the war. His youngest brother, Fares, with whom he was particularly close, was a victim of an airstrike at age 12.</div><div><br /></div><div>With most of his family gone, Youssef became a refugee in Lebanon. He lost his home, his rights, and his ability to travel.</div><div><br /></div><div>He lost a marriage to the pressures of poverty and the impossibility of living in the same country. When his ex-wife disowned their children, he sold his only possessions to pay a smuggler to bring his infant daughter, Diala, over the border from Syria to Lebanon.</div><div><br /></div><div>They spent weeks without electricity and have known periods of hunger, cold, and sickness without medicine. Youssef has maintained the daily struggle to make ends meet by juggling multiple under-the-table jobs, being unable to work legally or move about the city securely.</div><div><br /></div><div>What he did not lose was his heart, his mind, or his insatiable desire to learn. At one point, he smuggled himself back into Syria at great risk and lived in hiding for six months in order to complete his high school Baccalaureate. He has worked assiduously to improve his English, all on his own.</div><div><br /></div><div>Neither has he lost his desire to know who people are and why they do what they do, a curiosity he explores through his friendships, his attentive parenting, and his writing. Despite the difficult circumstances, Youssef has authored two books of poetry, a novel published by a reputable publishing house, and dozens of journalistic essays for online newspapers.</div><div><br /></div><div>To remain curious about the world and its people in the face of tragedy and hardship reveals a strength of character and an enduring sense of hope that is worthy of support.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><strong>A HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, SPONSORED RESETTLEMENT</strong></div><div><br /></div><div>In late 2019, Youssef's friend, Noel Paul, began an effort to help him and his daughters resettle in Canada. Calvin Presbyterian Church in Abbotsford, BC listened to the story and signed on as an essential partner under the government's Private Sponsorship of Refugees program. The application process has taken three years, but has been fully approved. We expect Youssef and his daughters to travel to Canada sometime during the first quarter of 2023.</div><div><br /></div><div>Youssef dreams of working legally, mastering English, and writing without fear of arrest or censorship. He wants to attend University to study Psychology and to build a career that will provide Rouaa and Diala a safe and happy childhood. He dreams of a life in which they grow up without the hardships he has endured, free to choose their path and grow into strong and independent women.</div><div><br /></div><div>They will find a safe environment in Abbotsford, with access to education, healthcare, and a supportive community of volunteers and congregation members to help them integrate and adapt to a new society in a myriad of essential ways.</div></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:inherit"><br /></p>

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