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New TV for Sohel who came to the U.S. for a better future

Posted Jul, 5, 2017

Sohel is very intellectual and would love a TV. He was taken to America from Bangladesh 3 years ago by his biological parents who could not care for him. Throughout this major change, he has managed to keep his grades up and is taking college courses in his senior year of high school.

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Sohel is 20 years old and lives in Brooklyn, NY

Sohel is an immigrant from Bangladesh. His family sent him to the United States in hopes of having a better future. He loves school so much- he is already taking college courses and is only in high school!

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You Gotta Believe- Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY

You Gotta Believe is the only NYC Metro organization that exclusively focuses on finding permanent families for young adults, teens, and pre-teens in foster care. Today, more than 400,000 children are in foster care in the US, and every year, as many as 25,000 of them will age out of the foster care system. In NYC alone, more than 1,000 young people will age out of foster care this year. A young person who ages out of care does so without the one thing they were promised when they entered foster care–a permanent parent to support them and guide them through life. As many as 50% of youth aging out of foster care will become homelessness; many will be incarcerated or hospitalized and experience health and mental health challenges throughout their lives, and only a tiny percent will have a college degree by age 26. These outcomes are completely unacceptable and are the reason that YGB was founded.