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Back on our feet: Naoko and a teenage son and a daughter in primary school in Shinjuku

A single father in Shinjuku needs help with childcare, groceries and rent while Naoko retrains.

🇯🇵 160-2181, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan2,211 views
Naoko Ueno
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Shinjuku
After a house fire in January, I'm now raising a teenage son and a daughter in primary school on my own. I work as a retail cashier, 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 March, 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 $2,300 goes: • Childcare and after-school care: $480 • Course fees and exam costs: $450 • Rent top-up: $1,370 I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to. - Naoko
#single-parent#family#stability

Updates from Naoko

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 86% funded and the plan for rent top-up is now scheduled.

  2. Quick update: $1,306 raised so far (57%). the plan for rent top-up is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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    “Hope the March deadline works out. - Liverpool”

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    “Hope the March deadline works out. - Cox's Bazar”

  • Anonymous 🇰🇷 · $75

    “Get well soon. I'm in Busan, thinking of you.”

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    “God bless. Only $30 but hope it helps. - Yekaterinburg”

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    “Best of luck. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Tiruchirappalli”

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    “Sending love. My neighbor told me about this one. - Kobe”

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  • Josefa Carolina Rivera

    Good luck, Naoko. Your post was clear and honest. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money

    • Eunice Felicia QuarteyQuestion

      is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Naoko.

      • Naoko UenoOwnerAnswer

        Sure. The biggest one is childcare and after-school care, $480. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. It helps to be asked.

    • Qasim Naveed Javed

      Hope things get better soon. Looking forward to the next update. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Cầu Giấy

      • Dinda Dinda Purnomo

        Gave what I could, wish it was more. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Shinjuku.

        • Ngọc Lan Ly

          Thinking of you, Naoko. Looking forward to the next update. Love from Campinas

          • Tammy T. Pena

            Keep going, Naoko. Hope you get there. Love from Tel Aviv!

            • Hanna Alicja Stępień

              wishing you peace. Looking forward to the next update. Don't give up. God bless

              $2,815 raised of $2,300

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