Dear Friends of Mustafa and Ghazwan,

Last week was full of good news for this family. The SF Unified Schools agreed to fund Mustafa’s next year of school at the Hearing and Speech Center in San Francisco. Mustafa loves school, and has been excelling with his cochlear implant. He now has a vocabulary of 20 words, and can use language to communicate. It is very exciting.

Now that we know where they will need to be, we are madly raising enough funds to get them started in an apartment for 6 months. During this time Mustafa’s mother and brother will arrive, and Ghazwan can begin to look for work. We are confident that this will give them time to be happily reunited, and securely on their own. Please join those who have taken the lead on this leg of Mustafa’s journey and help them over the next six months. They will need to leave Ronald McDonald House by July 31st. No pledge is too small. All donations are tax deductible.

Pledges to date from friends of Mustafa are:

Darragh Kennedy, CEO, Hearing and Speech Center: $50.per month for 6 months.
Peter and Mark Anderson, Anderson Anderson Architecture: $100 per month for 6 months.
Brenda Cravens, Former board member Hearing and Speech Center: $500.
Hesham Alalusi, Alalusi Foundation, $300. Per month for 6 months.
Ruth Friend and Jim Hirst, Ruth Group, $100. Per month for 6 months.
Jackie Okamura, Ronald McDonald House Staff, $50. Per month for 6 months.
Amy Skewes-Cox and Bob Twiss, Ruth Group: $75. Per month for 6 months.
Will Kirkland, Ruth Group: $50. Per month for 6 months.

Thank you all for getting the ball rolling…..and to all of you who have given generously to this family before…..and to all of you who are going to give to them today to make their first 6 months rent in their own home.

Ruth Friend and Amy Skewes-Cox, Ruth Group

Make Checks payable to: Alalusi Foundation/Mustafa Fund
Mail checks to: Ruth Group, Box 722, Mill Valley, CA 94941