“It's the job and art that I learned and liked, and I keep doing it,” one of the barbers, Carlos Majano, said. “It brings me a lot of joy.”
His first haircuts in the U.S. Sunday will help him buy food and a place to live when he has to leave the shelter with his wife and 4-year-old.
“We have 19 days left to be there,” Majano said.
The family left Venezuela for a lot of reasons.
“The economic situation. I want to give my family better stability,” Majano said.
He is desperate for a job and desperate for a place to live.
“When the time is up there, we don't have a place to go,” Majano said.
Andrea Ryall met Majano and the other barber, Angel, last week. She knew she needed to give their families a hand.
“We know the best way to help the kids and the young people that are out there is to equip the adults in their lives to be able to do exactly what they’re begging to do, which is to go work,” Ryall said.
Ryall said within 24 hours, the two had a full schedule, with back-to-back clients from 9 to 5.
Clay Porter saw the post on social media and came by to get a haircut.
“Just wanted to come help these guys that are here trying to get a fresh start,” he said.
The suggested donation for each cut was $20.
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