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Back on our feet: Gustavo and three children under 6 in Tlaquepaque
After a divorce, Gustavo is raising three children under 6 alone and needs $1,150 to stay afloat for 5 months.
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Last August I went through a divorce, and I'm now raising three children under 6 on my own. I work as a school kitchen assistant, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries.
I'm retraining as a teaching assistant in the evenings, which will triple my income by November, 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 $1,150 goes:
• Course fees and exam costs: $250
• Childcare and after-school care: $380
• Rent top-up: $520
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Gustavo
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- Hiroshi Daiki Takeuchi 🇯🇵 · $250
- Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $250
“From my family to yours! - Arusha”
- Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $50
- Kennedy J. Carter 🇺🇸 · $50
- Ines Wafa Said 🇺🇸 · $50
- Balaji W. Iyer 🇮🇳 · $50
- Devon A. Walker 🇯🇲 · $50
“Sending love - Half-Way Tree”
- Maryna Maria Komarov 🇺🇦 · $50
- Daniel Yohannes Worku 🇪🇹 · $30
- Utami Mega Effendi 🇮🇩 · $26.50
“Sending love. Hope the November deadline works out. - Semarang”
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $25
“Praying for you. I'm in Cape Coast, thinking of you.”
- Anwar Hassan Kamel 🇪🇬 · $25
“Wish I could do more! - Heliopolis”
- Grace Amani Barasa 🇰🇪 · $20
“Only $20 but hope it helps. - Kasarani”
- Katherine M. Holmes 🇺🇸 · $20
- Natalia Marina Nikolaidis 🇬🇷 · $20
- Dennis Richard Asante 🇬🇭 · $20
- Anonymous 🇰🇷 · $20
- Megumi Mariko Ueno 🇯🇵 · $17
- Keerthana F. Sastry 🇮🇳 · $15
“Sending love. - Mysuru”
- Jose T. Luna 🇬🇧 · $10
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Is course fees and exam costs the biggest cost or is there more coming?
Hope things get better soon. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.
Sending good thoughts, Gustavo. Your post was clear and honest. Love from São Paulo.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Tlaquepaque
Sharing the link is the biggest thing. And if you know anything about course fees and exam costs, advice is welcome too. Happy to explain more.
Thinking of you and your family, Gustavo. It takes guts to ask. Well done. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust
Sending love, Gustavo. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Blessings!
You're not alone. I hope things turn around soon. After 22 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. All the best.
Sending good thoughts, Gustavo. This could happen to any of us. Love from Bhopal
thinking of you and your family. Hope this works out for you. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.
thinking of you, Gustavo. Hope this works out for you. It's not much but it's yours.
You're not alone. I hope things turn around soon. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out.