Keep this young black family together

I first met Zubeyda and Coby in the NICU at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne. 

Zubeyda gave birth to her beautiful baby Izumi who was 24 weeks premature. Against all odds and a long journey at the NICU Izumi has survived and is thriving.  

Zubeyda had come back home from living in Detroit to give birth to Izumi with her family and community around her, and shortly after Coby came over from Detroit too. 




Within weeks of Coby arriving the world has been torn apart by covid19. Coby and Zubeyda spent months in the NICU, working hard to get their baby Izumi home. Now that she's home this family are surviving on one income and Coby needs a visa renewal which is expensive. If he is unable to get one this family will be torn apart. Having a baby at any time is hard, but having a premature baby during a global pandemic is unfathomably hard. 

This family need money to stay together. Coby will be able to stay in the country and able to work, and this family will be able to keep thriving.