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Back on our feet: Rachel and two young children in Pretoria
A single father in Pretoria needs help with childcare, groceries and rent while Rachel retrains.
🇿🇦 Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa856 views
Since a long illness in June, I'm now raising two young children on my own. I work as a care worker, 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 September, 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 $1,000 goes:
• Rent top-up: $640
• Groceries and school meals: $185
• Course fees and exam costs: $175
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- Rachel
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Praying for you, Rachel. I hope things turn around soon. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Kochi.
Sending good thoughts. I hope things turn around soon. Put this on a community board in Eldoret this morning. Take care
hope things get better soon, Rachel. I was in a similar spot a few years ago and it did get better. All the best!
Good luck. I hope things turn around soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double!
So sorry you're going through this, Rachel. I was in a similar spot a few years ago and it did get better. I went through something like this 4 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best.