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Been gutted by the GoFundMe pages popping up across the country in recent weeks, and struck by the throughline: Covid is orphaning the children of immigrants.
In KTown, this Cal State LA student and her little brother lost both parents and their grandmother. https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-hannah-and-joseph-kim-family-fund?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet
Also in LA, this brother and sister lost their mom, a nurse from the Philippines, and their live-in grandparents. https://www.gofundme.com/f/arlene-aquinos-family
Outside Detroit, three siblings from Iraq lost both parents. https://www.gofundme.com/f/nash-and-his-sisters-home-while-parents-in-icu?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR1z_Cm61b7GMliUKceVo-bOoq96UwWHRHJUSmyYRLwl5rTwCCAyLHGQ9Gk
In NYC, a brother and sister lost both parents, who are from the Philippines. https://www.gofundme.com/f/lost-parents-due-to-covid-need-funds-for-college
On the GoFundMe pages, you see initial entries filled with hope, updates with bad news, then more bad news and then it's silence, and you're left wondering how these kids are faring and how this didn't have to happen
