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Afia is a single parent of a teenage son and a daughter in primary school - help us after the death of my husband
A single father in Obuasi needs help with childcare, groceries and rent while Afia retrains.
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After the death of my husband in November, I'm now raising a teenage son and a daughter in primary school on my own. I work as a driver, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries.
I'm retraining as a dental nurse in the evenings, which will triple my income by February, but I need to bridge the gap until then.
Some weeks I skip meals so my children can eat. I have never asked anyone for help like this before, and I'm doing it for them.
Once I finish my course, I'll pay it forward.
Money goes toward rent, groceries, after-school care and the cost of my course. I'll give a monthly update with receipts.
Where the $600 goes:
• Childcare and after-school care: $170
• Course fees and exam costs: $125
• Rent top-up: $305
Thanks for reading all this.
Updates from Afia
91% there. the first invoice got paid this week. Thank you.
Thank you all. We're at 48% now ($289). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.
- Efthymia Papadakis 🇬🇷 · $17
“Stay strong. - Athens”
- Valentina B. Escobar 🇺🇸 · $10
“Thought of Afia all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”
- Inna Natalia Vasiliev 🇷🇺 · $15
“Keep your head up. Thought of Afia all day after reading this. - Moscow”
- Mazen Ziad Sabbagh 🇪🇬 · $5
- Shefali Shirin Sarker 🇮🇳 · $50
“Happy to help. Thought of Afia all day after reading this. - Nashik”
- Jorge G. Aguilar 🇨🇴 · $15
- Sneha R. Shukla 🇦🇺 · $50
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $100
- Bennett K. Turner 🇨🇦 · $20
“Hang in there. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Toronto”
- Shinji Riku Mori 🇯🇵 · $5
“Thought of Afia all day after reading this.”
- Sachiko Noriko Kojima 🇯🇵 · $50
- Isabela Tatiane Rezende 🇧🇷 · $20
“Blessings. Please keep us posted. - Fortaleza”
- Nahid Rashed Khatun 🇮🇳 · $10
- Kobi Lior Ben-David 🇮🇱 · $200
“Good luck! - Tel Aviv”
- Anonymous 🇩🇪 · $20
- Abubakar Ifeanyi Musa 🇳🇬 · $25
- Kiran Dua Qazi 🇵🇰 · $15.50
- Sudha S. Swamy 🇮🇳 · $28
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How is Afia doing now?
Best of luck, Afia. This could happen to any of us. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Afia.
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. childcare and after-school care comes first ($170) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. Happy to explain more.
sending love, Afia. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I hope February is when things finally get easier.
Wishing you peace, Afia. Your post was clear and honest. Blessings