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Back on our feet: Maina and a toddler and a seven-year-old in Kinondoni
After a long illness, Maina is raising a toddler and a seven-year-old alone and needs $600 to stay afloat for 4 months.
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Since a long illness in August, I'm now raising a toddler and a seven-year-old on my own. I work as a hairdresser, 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 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.
Every cent is accounted for. I'll share a simple monthly breakdown.
Where the $600 goes:
• Rent top-up: $240
• Childcare and after-school care: $155
• Groceries and school meals: $150
• Course fees and exam costs: $55
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Is there anything that isn't money that would help Maina?
Thank you. If you're in Kinondoni I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks for looking so closely.
Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps. Wish I lived closer to Eldoret so I could bring a meal. God bless
good luck, Maina. Hope you get there. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Seoul.
keep going, Maina. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Rooting for you. Shared this with my family. Love from Depok.