The two bedroom apartment is filled with flies and grime. It doesn’t have a reliable supply of water and the electric system fails constantly. It is dangerous and dirty. It is where Kabashi lives, along with his family of 16.

Kabashi and his family retreated here to a slum in North Africa following the terror and oppression that they faced in their homeland Sudan, during the civil war. But even having been here in their new home for 5 years, they face harsh conditions every single day. 

The living condition of their house is honestly appalling. Through no fault of their own, they face insect infestations regularly and basic necessities such as cleaning products and household items are nowhere to be seen. 

Their clothes are sprawled across the floor because they don’t have enough money to purchase a cupboard and all the family members sleep on mats on the floor as beds are too expensive.

The mats that they sleep on are torn, ripped and covered with fleas. The eight younger children in the home all share one mat. Just one. These same eight children have just one broken toy to share between them, and don’t have access to education due to their refugee status. 

The women in the house face severe health difficulties due to the lack of hygiene in the home. 

Kabashi, although he does volunteer in a school, cannot secure a job due to his refugee status as well as lack of education. The only income in the home is Kabashi’s father who works a gruelling job as a cleaner. 

When the income is as low as it is for Kabashi and his family, the hardships and struggles increase dramatically. No family should be living in such challenging conditions, where due to the lack of water, they have been cleaning their clothes in the same water for the last three months. No child should be sleeping on a flea-infested mat, which is torn and beyond use. 

No family should have to eat food which has been rotting for weeks because they have no money to buy more. That's where you and I step in. We have the potential to save these peoples’ lives and bring them a brighter future. 

You have the potential to give them back their dignity and help them find hope in the Lord. For us a small donation may not mean much, but for them, it will be a catalyst to change their lives. It will be a symbol of hope and change. 

And so we encourage you to donate whatever you can to helping this family access basic needs. Each one of us can contribute to helping this family to a better, more hygienic, and safer life. 

We also created a shop for them. Please shop for their needs and Hope for MENA will have the joy to deliver these products to their house.

Kabashi, his wife, mother, father, sister, and 11 children need your help. Desperately. Urgently. Please help as much as you can. Thank you. 

Written by Joshua Statter, UK