Our dear friend Sarah*, a mother, a refugee and domestic abuse survivor is in desperate need of your help. We are asking for your donations to help fund lawyers and other legal counsel, so she and her children can secure asylum in a safe country. Netherlands have a pretty good system which helps with the legal fees, but in addition to that this money will definitely be going towards supporting Sarah and her kids to stay afloat for the next couple of weeks until she's back on her feet.



Sarah’s story:



At the end of December 2015, Sarah and her now ex-husband arrived in a European country together with their two children, all on a visa basis.



By February 2016, her husband applied for their stay as “family members of an EU citizen.” She has a four year visa, which runs out on March 7th 2020, which is why your help is essential.



Sarah and her children were subject to multiple incidents of domestic violence by her ex-husband. She had been failed by the police after reporting her ex-husband for hitting their then 3-year-old child. Whilst she was on a waitlist for women’s shelters, her husband sexually assaulted her. After reporting this to the police, she managed to secure housing in a women’s shelter for herself and her children.



Throughout all of this, she had been diagnosed with PTSD, and began therapy for herself and her children.



Yet, again social services had failed her, playing down the abuse she had been through and now she is stuck in a legal battle trying to secure a safe home for herself and her children.



Sarah has worked tirelessly over the last four years to secure safety and build a life for herself and her children, utilising every resource available to her. But, now she cannot do this on her own anymore, which is why we are asking for your help on her behalf.



I (Zara) will be managing her GoFundMe and sending her weekly payments, and I can confirm her case is legitimate and that she is truly in desperate need of your help.



Please donate, share on social media and make all the noise you can!



*name has been changed for safety reasons

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