{"id":24142,"date":"2016-12-06T13:38:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T18:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=24142"},"modified":"2016-12-06T13:53:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T18:53:23","slug":"huntsvilles-newest-syrian-refugee-family-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsvilles-newest-syrian-refugee-family-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntsville&#8217;s newest Syrian refugee family has arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late last Tuesday, November 29, a family of seven Syrian refugees &#8211; mom Faeza Musaa, dad Jmal Al Rashed, and children Mohammad (11), Ali (9), Aatedal (7), Tabarak (5) and Ahmad Jamal (2) &#8211; arrived in Huntsville. Their sponsorship here is the work of Syrian Refugee Sponsorship Huntsville, an ad hoc group of local volunteers who hope to provide them with a safe new life in Canada.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>It took more than a year from the time the SRS committee submitted an application, and a difficult decision on the committee&#8217;s part to welcome a new family after they were told by government officials that they <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/syrian-refugee-family-replacement-delay\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">could not wait for the Ahlams, the family they had initially agreed to sponsor<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson Nancy Wilding said that the Al Rashed family &#8211; who had been temporarily living in Beirut, Lebanon before coming to Canada &#8211; was exhausted when they arrived, but were both excited and overwhelmed to see the home that had been prepared for them. They have met with various committee members and are starting to settle in. The children will start school on December 12.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are so grateful to have the opportunity to help these people find a safe life,&#8221; said Wilding.<\/p>\n<p>And the committee remains committed to working with its original refugee family if they receive clearance and choose to come to Huntsville. &#8220;We wouldn&#8217;t be sponsoring them,&#8221; explained Wilding. &#8220;They would come as government-assisted refugees so they wouldn\u2019t need a sponsor and under that scenario they would have a choice where to settle. They have expressed a desire to come to Huntsville but that could change. We have continued to communicate with them and have said we would support them with volunteers and our connections in the community if they choose to come here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wilding said that the Al Rashed family has expressed gratitude to the community for its support.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! 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