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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 Zealand3,006 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.
- Gerald K. Sullivan 🇳🇿 · $250
“Thought of Luca all day after reading this. - Wellington”
- Juan Ramos 🇦🇷 · $200
- Uzma Nimra Siddiqui 🇵🇰 · $200
- Rabia Maryam Baig 🇵🇰 · $100
“From my family to yours. Thought of Luca all day after reading this.”
- Sunita K. Tandon 🇮🇳 · $100
- Phương Yến Ngo 🇻🇳 · $100
- Haider Talha Tarar 🇵🇰 · $100
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $100
- Imani Awino Wekesa 🇺🇬 · $100
- Khadija Ghada Slimani 🇸🇦 · $79
- Donal Fitzgerald 🇮🇪 · $78
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $64
- Chidinma Ronke Tijani 🇳🇬 · $53
- Adeline Fernandez 🇺🇸 · $53
“Thought of Luca all day after reading this. - New Orleans”
- Hamza Qasim Ibrahim 🇪🇬 · $50
- Júlia Fabiana Melo 🇧🇷 · $50
- Mahesh D. Mishra 🇮🇳 · $50
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $50
- Andi Bagus Firmansyah 🇮🇩 · $50
- Jade T. Campos 🇬🇧 · $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.