New Start Ministry CT

New Start Ministry is raising funds to support our continuing efforts to help legal immigrants resettle in our country. Since our founding in 2016 we have helped seven families make the difficult transition to a new culture. At present we are assisting an Afghan legal refugee family. Wali, the father, Waheeda the mother and Keramatullah, their minor child, successfully navigated the immigration process and have been living in the US since July 2024. Wali is working as a home healthcare aide, Keramatullah is in school and Waheeda is working on her English language skills. Wali and Waheeda also have four adult children who are currently stuck in Islamabad living in a one-bedroom apartment. They were scheduled to complete their immigration to our country in August but, due to a bureaucratic disconnect completely out of their control, they have been forced to wait until this issue is resolved. Their oldest son has had to drop his university education in cyber-security in order to care for his sisters. The family in the United States needs the income these adult children will provide to properly support the family and gain financial independence. Wali’s brother Fahim has sponsored this family and thus is responsible for their financial support. He is struggling to support this family of seven along with his own family. New Start Ministry is providing funds and other support to aid the transition, including attempting to get Senator Blumenthal and Representative Hayes involved with straightening out the family’s bureaucratic nightmare. We need your help to support this lovely family. Once we have them settled, we will take on another family of legal immigrants and help them make the transition to the US. Donations will be gratefully received. You can donate on our website – newstartministryct.org – or by sending a check payable to St. Paul’s Church, with New Start Ministry on the memo line, at P.O. Box 5002, Woodbury CT 06798.