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Back on our feet: Luca and a toddler and a seven-year-old in Hamilton
Luca and a toddler and a seven-year-old need a bridge to stability after a divorce.
🇳🇿 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand3,005 views
After a divorce in January, I'm now raising a toddler and a seven-year-old 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.
Every cent is accounted for. I'll share a simple monthly breakdown.
Where the $2,600 goes:
• Groceries and school meals: $550
• Childcare and after-school care: $980
• Rent top-up: $1,070
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
Updates from Luca
Thank you all. We're at 50% now ($1,293). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts.
- Nakato Upendo Temba 🇰🇪 · $10
“Thinking of you. I'm in Eldoret, thinking of you.”
- Lawrence Guzman 🇨🇦 · $20
“Wish I could do more. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Mississauga”
- Komal Bhosale 🇮🇳 · $20
- Alina Galina Vinogradov 🇷🇺 · $10
- Donal Fitzgerald 🇮🇪 · $78
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20
- Rabia Maryam Baig 🇵🇰 · $100
“From my family to yours. Thought of Luca all day after reading this.”
- Zubby Yakubu Coker 🇳🇬 · $10
“God bless. Thought of Luca all day after reading this. - Ikeja”
- Leandro José Monteiro 🇧🇷 · $20
- Sunita K. Tandon 🇮🇳 · $100
- Seyi Tayo Ekwueme 🇳🇬 · $5
- Hamza Qasim Ibrahim 🇪🇬 · $50
- Everly A. Scott 🇺🇸 · $10
- Júlia Fabiana Melo 🇧🇷 · $50
- Nicolás R. Ramos 🇺🇸 · $10
- Phương Yến Ngo 🇻🇳 · $100
- Chidinma Ronke Tijani 🇳🇬 · $53
- Valerio Fabio Carbone 🇮🇹 · $15
“Praying for you. From Milan with love. - Milan”
- Eric Frank Abdul 🇬🇭 · $10
“Happy to help. Hope the May deadline works out. - Kumasi”
- Mahesh D. Mishra 🇮🇳 · $50
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Keep going. Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Madrid
Wishing you peace, Luca. This could happen to any of us. I'm in logistics myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care.
you're not alone, Luca. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Sent it to 18 people at work. Blessings.