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Back on our feet: Irene and a teenage son and a daughter in primary school in Nairobi
After a sudden redundancy, Irene is raising a teenage son and a daughter in primary school alone and needs $650 to stay afloat for 4 months.
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Last July I went through a sudden redundancy, and I'm now raising a teenage son and a daughter in primary school on my own. I work as a care worker, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries.
I'm retraining as a medical coder in the evenings, which will triple my income by October, 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 $650 goes:
• Rent top-up: $310
• Childcare and after-school care: $165
• Groceries and school meals: $90
• Course fees and exam costs: $85
Glad we found this place.
- Irene
Updates from Irene
Update from Nairobi: we've started the first stage. We're at 12% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Thank you all. We're at 26% now ($170). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts.
- Oliver R. Young 🇦🇺 · $100
“Wishing you the best. Thought of Irene all day after reading this. - Ballarat”
- Asher J. Espinoza 🇺🇸 · $5
- Noor De Wit 🇳🇱 · $212
“God bless. Hope the October deadline works out. - Amsterdam”
- Sipho F F. Padayachee 🇿🇦 · $25
- Sophie B. Rivers 🇺🇸 · $20
- Ama Amoah 🇬🇭 · $25
- Manuel E. Soriano 🇵🇭 · $50
- Winda Ika Simanjuntak 🇮🇩 · $50
“Sending love. Been where you are, it gets better. - Jakarta Barat”
- Rashid Anwar Naguib 🇪🇬 · $20
“From my family to yours. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Heliopolis”
- Aparecida Amanda Azevedo 🇧🇷 · $5
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So sorry you're going through this. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Sent it to 36 people at work!
Praying for you, Irene. Shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in Campinas this morning. Thinking of Nairobi.