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Back on our feet: Tamaki and three children under 7 in Sakai

After my partner leaving, Tamaki is raising three children under 7 alone and needs $2,350 to stay afloat for 3 months.

🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan1,029 views
Tamaki Tanaka
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Sakai
Last March I went through my partner leaving, and I'm now raising three children under 7 on my own. I work as a retail cashier, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries. I'm retraining as a dental nurse in the evenings, which will triple my income by June, 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 $2,350 goes: • Rent top-up: $680 • Childcare and after-school care: $1,000 • Course fees and exam costs: $670 Every share and every dollar helps. - Tamaki
#single-parent#family#stability

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  • Amelia W. LaneQuestion

    How is Tamaki doing now?

    • Guadalupe S. Romero

      keep going, Tamaki. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.

      • Marisol B. RodríguezQuestion

        Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Tamaki.

        • Tamaki TanakaOwnerAnswerID verifiedPhoto verified

          Rent top-up is $680 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Thanks, that means a lot.

      • Grace Folake Lasisi

        hope things get better soon, Tamaki. Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps.

        • Yetunde Oluwaseun Salami

          Hope it all works out. Shared it with a few friends. Put this on a community board in Łódź this morning

          • Jepkoech Joyce MainaAddress verified

            Stay strong, Tamaki. Gave what I could, wish it was more. After 11 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Sakai.

            • Felipe Luiz Martins

              wishing you the best. I was in a similar spot a few years ago and it did get better. God bless.

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