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Back on our feet: Shota and a teenage son and a daughter in primary school in Tokyo

After a house fire, Shota is raising a teenage son and a daughter in primary school alone and needs $3,150 to stay afloat for 6 months.

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan1,174 views
Shota Kenji Harada
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Tokyo
Last May I went through a house fire, and I'm now raising a teenage son and a daughter in primary school 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. Every cent is accounted for. I'll share a simple monthly breakdown. Where the $3,150 goes: • Rent top-up: $960 • Childcare and after-school care: $1,000 • Groceries and school meals: $460 • Course fees and exam costs: $730 I hope life is good to you. - Shota
#single-parent#family#stability

Updates from Shota

  1. Small update. $290 so far, I made the first payment toward groceries and school meals.

  2. Quick update: $155 raised so far (5%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  3. Quick update: $130 raised so far (4%). I made the first payment toward childcare and after-school care. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Irfan Fahad FarooqiQuestion

    How is Shota doing now?

    • Samuel Snyder

      keep going. I hope things turn around soon. I'll check back for the next update. All the best.

      • Shahana Sharmin Rashid

        this could happen to any of us. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Turin.

        $433.50 raised of $3,150

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