I am writing because an Iranian woman and her 7-year old child need our help. They are currently staying at a women’s shelter in southern California. In 2 weeks, they will have to leave the shelter and have nowhere to go.
During her time at the shelter, she went to school and got a certificate in Optical Dispensing. She is now looking for a job at a doctor’s office, preferably an eye doctor somewhere in Southern California. Any kind of assistant/administrative job at a medical office will do for now.
Please reach out to all of your California contacts to see if we can find her a job ASAP. Please email me for her resume.
Her ex-husband was very physically abusive toward her and her daughter, and now she has a restraining order against him. They moved here a few years ago from Iran and going back is not an option. She has no family or friends here to help her; her parents have passed away and her siblings in Iran cannot afford to help.
Any contribution will make a difference in the life of this woman and her child. If you wish to mail things to her, I can give the address of my friend who lives near the shelter, and she will drop them off to her. I cannot reveal the address of the shelter in this post. Please email me for her bank info or an address. Also, since her resume contains personal information, please be careful who you forward it to. I would not want all of this effort to cause her any harm.
Thank you so much for your time.
Happy Holidays,
Leila
I will have a friend in LA help them, I need a contact address and name.
I have contacted some friends also, just to protect her and her child please don’t put any of her personal info on public page. She has escaped an abusive husband, so let’s keep her safe. Thanks
Desi it is not possible to share the post without going to the link
Desire joon I thought an Iranian organization had contacted her and was trying to help her?
Mahnaz jan, if you read the full post on Dast2Dast, you will see that I haven’t published any of her personal info.
Pars Equality should be a good organization to reach out to. I get their contact info
Ali joon, please click on the post and you will see the contact info. Thanks for helping!
Ladan joun, here is the link to share http://d2dinc.org/iranian-woman-with-young-child-needs-our-help/. And thank you for your donation joujou. Just received it ♥
Thanks Mahnaz joon
<3, I just shared the link in Sassan Kamali's wall, so he could mention it on the radio
Another good contact is Maryam Khosravani founder of Iranian American Women Foundation. She is in California
Shirin joon, yes COP has reached out to her as well. However, Leila who is in contact with her, is also trying to reach out to people in Cali since this woman and her child will have no place to go to in 2 weeks. The more people reach out, the sooner we will find her work and shelter.
i contacted some friends – will follow up again
Thanks everyone!!!
Dear Leila, just FYI in case you want to add anything since you are in direct contact with her.
Thanks everyone for all your help. Please consider making a small contribution to help her until she finds a job.