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Back on our feet: Fotini and four children in Piraeus
After a house fire, Fotini is raising four children alone and needs $1,850 to stay afloat for 4 months.
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Since a house fire in February, I'm now raising four children on my own. I work as a driver, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries.
I'm retraining as a web developer in the evenings, which will triple my income by May, 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 $1,850 goes:
• Rent top-up: $730
• Childcare and after-school care: $530
• Groceries and school meals: $320
• Course fees and exam costs: $270
Thank you for reading my story.
- Fotini
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- Logan P. Scott 🇨🇦 · $250
- Cooper E. Dunn 🇬🇧 · $200
- Diana Maryna Filippov 🇷🇺 · $100
- Collins Dennis Karanja 🇰🇪 · $100
- Raúl E. Peña 🇦🇷 · $100
“Happy to help. Hope the May deadline works out. - La Plata”
- Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $75
- Emily E. Zulu 🇿🇦 · $75
“Stay strong. From Stellenbosch with love.”
- Nathan Valentin Lemoine 🇫🇷 · $75
“Hope things get better. My father told me about this one. - Toulon”
- Bayu Wawan Wibowo 🇮🇩 · $73
- Jocelyn N. Manalo 🇵🇭 · $56.50
“Stay strong. My father told me about this one. - Calamba”
- Karin K. Dlamini 🇿🇦 · $50.50
“Good luck. Hope the May deadline works out. - George”
- Anonymous 🇯🇵 · $50
- Công Duy Bui 🇻🇳 · $50
“Sending love. Thought of Fotini all day after reading this. - Cần Thơ”
- Keith F. Valdez 🇬🇧 · $50
- Stephanie Kirby 🇬🇧 · $50
- Graciela S. Velasco 🇪🇸 · $50
“Hope it all works out. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Granada”
- Thảo Vy Vo 🇻🇳 · $50
- Antônia Raquel Rodrigues 🇧🇷 · $43
- Irene Janet Athumani 🇰🇪 · $30
- Yash L. Dhawan 🇮🇳 · $30
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Fotini.
Rent top-up is $730 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Thanks, that means a lot.
I was in a similar spot a few years ago and it did get better. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. God bless
Hope it all works out. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Davao City.
Stay strong, Fotini. Shared this with my family. Thinking of Piraeus.