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Back on our feet: Luana and a toddler and a seven-year-old in Campinas

After a house fire, Luana is raising a toddler and a seven-year-old alone and needs $1,350 to stay afloat for 6 months.

🇧🇷 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil2,403 views
Luana Cristiane Duarte
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Campinas
Last June I went through a house fire, and I'm now raising a toddler and a seven-year-old on my own. I work as a part-time receptionist, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries. I'm retraining as a pharmacy technician in the evenings, which will triple my income by August, 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 $1,350 goes: • Rent top-up: $710 • Childcare and after-school care: $200 • Groceries and school meals: $185 • Course fees and exam costs: $255 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
#single-parent#family#stability

Updates from Luana

  1. Update from Campinas: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 73% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “All the best. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Tehuacán”

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    “Wish I could do more. Thought of Luana all day after reading this. - Amsterdam”

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    “Thinking of you. I'm in Liverpool, thinking of you. - Liverpool”

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    “Praying for you. Shared with friends too. - Incheon”

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  • Carmen W. Mendoza

    Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps. Love from Ogbomosho

    • Ariana AlvarezQuestion

      how is Luana doing now?

      • Apio Amani Ngowi

        Sending strength. A secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.

        • Krzysztof Igor Szewczyk

          You're not alone, Luana. Hope this works out for you. All the best.

          • Shan Qian Cai

            Sending love. Looking forward to the next update. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Campinas

            • Armando K. VelascoQuestion

              Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Luana

              • Megan S. CarrollPhoto verified

                Sending strength, Luana. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. All the best

                • Camila A. Escobar

                  Shared this with my family. I went through something like this 10 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Bandung

                  • Imran Talha Sheikh

                    Shared it with a few friends. I went through something like this 14 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Ciudad de México.

                    • Yu Pan

                      Praying for you, Luana. Your post was clear and honest.

                      • Kagiso R. Petersen

                        Hang in there. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Campinas.

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