Battlers turn to the Smith Family to help with $2000 school bills

By Hannah Paine
Updated February 22 2015 - 10:08am, first published January 23 2015 - 4:56pm
Lined up for school: (From left) Rani Sami, 12, Sami Sami, 9, Rami Sami, 7, and Athraa Sami, 7.  Photo: Wolter Peeters
Lined up for school: (From left) Rani Sami, 12, Sami Sami, 9, Rami Sami, 7, and Athraa Sami, 7. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Better life: Nabiela Mekha adjusts Athraa's collar while father Saad Georgies and family looks on. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Better life: Nabiela Mekha adjusts Athraa's collar while father Saad Georgies and family looks on. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Lined up for school: (From left) Rani Sami, 12, Sami Sami, 9, Rami Sami, 7, and Athraa Sami, 7.  Photo: Wolter Peeters
Lined up for school: (From left) Rani Sami, 12, Sami Sami, 9, Rami Sami, 7, and Athraa Sami, 7. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Better life: Nabiela Mekha adjusts Athraa's collar while father Saad Georgies and family looks on. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Better life: Nabiela Mekha adjusts Athraa's collar while father Saad Georgies and family looks on. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Lined up for school: (From left) Rani Sami, 12, Sami Sami, 9, Rami Sami, 7, and Athraa Sami, 7.  Photo: Wolter Peeters
Lined up for school: (From left) Rani Sami, 12, Sami Sami, 9, Rami Sami, 7, and Athraa Sami, 7. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Better life: Nabiela Mekha adjusts Athraa's collar while father Saad Georgies and family looks on. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Better life: Nabiela Mekha adjusts Athraa's collar while father Saad Georgies and family looks on. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Lined up for school: (From left) Rani Sami, 12, Sami Sami, 9, Rami Sami, 7, and Athraa Sami, 7.  Photo: Wolter Peeters
Lined up for school: (From left) Rani Sami, 12, Sami Sami, 9, Rami Sami, 7, and Athraa Sami, 7. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Better life: Nabiela Mekha adjusts Athraa's collar while father Saad Georgies and family looks on. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Better life: Nabiela Mekha adjusts Athraa's collar while father Saad Georgies and family looks on. Photo: Wolter Peeters

As the school year looms, families will be feeling the financial pinch. A study by The Smith Family charity shows they have good cause.