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Fundraising Gala
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Description
UBC Refugee Relief and Oxfam UBC are collaborating to host a gala to help raise money for the private sponsorship of a Syrian refugee family of eight currently residing in Lebanon. There will be a Syrian inspired dinner, a silent auction, a 50/50 raffle, speakers, music and more. The attire is semi-formal.
*Please bring 2 pieces of ID if you are planning to drink.
About the family:
The family is from a small farming village in Syria. With fighting just miles away, many of the family members fled to Lebanon. They are currently living in a makeshift canvas shack in a Beirut parking lot. As refugees, they are not allowed to work legally in Lebanon, but are still required to pay a fairly steep rent for their little shack. Eight members of the family have asked to be sponsored to come to Canada. They are four siblings, their three spouses, and a two-year-old daughter. We just submitted the paperwork for their sponsorship, and if everything goes well, hope to welcome them to Vancouver by summer 2016 !
About UBC Refugee Relief:
UBC Refugee Relief is a student group founded in October 2015 out of an urge to reach out and respond to the Syrian refugee crisis. In partnership with a UBC professor, and with St. Helen's Anglican Church in Point Grey acting as the sponsorship agreement holder, we are raising money to privately sponsor a Syrian refugee family.
About Oxfam UBC:
Oxfam UBC is a student-run group committed to supporting Oxfam Canada's development and relief work around the world and raise awareness about pressing international issues, such as food security, gender rights and climate change. In recent years, a major focus of Oxfam Canada, and Oxfam International more broadly, has been to provide clean drinking water and relief supplies (blankets, stoves, hygiene supplies etc.) to Syrian refugees both within the country and in surrounding regions. This is augmented by medical, legal and support services that are used to provide long-term and comprehensive aid to Syrian refugees.
