Bay View sophomore seeks help securing supplies for Syrian refugees

Posted 1/18/17

“Helping Syrian refugees and bringing awareness to the war is so important to me because I am a Syrian American myself, and I haven’t been able to visit my home and cousins in six years because …

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Bay View sophomore seeks help securing supplies for Syrian refugees

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“Helping Syrian refugees and bringing awareness to the war is so important to me because I am a Syrian American myself, and I haven’t been able to visit my home and cousins in six years because of this devastating war.” said

Alyah Achabi, of Cranston, a sophomore at Bay View Academy. Alyah has started an initiative to collect household supplies she says Syrian refugees living in Rhode Island might need.

“As a community, I feel that it’s important to help as many people as we can,” she says. “A huge crisis in our world today is the war in Syria, which has left more than 11 million Syrians displaced.”

Alyah has organized the drive through Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island, in Providence. They do not accept furniture, but welcome donations of toiletries, cookware, dinnerware, bed and bath linens. More information about what can be donated, when and where, is available on their website. Alyah has advertised the collection throughout Bay View Academy with flyers and notes in morning messages, appealing to her classmates and to faculty and staff to help.

“The most I can do is help resettle my fellow Syrians into a safe home in America,” Alyah said, “and I’m so happy to do so.”

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