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Back on our feet: Vinh and four children in Cầu Giấy
Vinh and four children need a bridge to stability after a long illness.
🇻🇳 Cầu Giấy, Hanoi, Vietnam914 views
Since a long illness in July, I'm now raising four children on my own. I work as a retail cashier, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries.
I'm retraining as a web developer in the evenings, which will triple my income by October, 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: $180
• Childcare and after-school care: $230
• Groceries and school meals: $190
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Vinh
Quick update: $474 raised so far (79%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Quick update: $350 raised so far (58%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
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“Good luck. Thought of Vinh all day after reading this.”
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“Every little bit. My brother told me about this one. - Colombo”
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“Hope it all works out. Thought of Vinh all day after reading this. - Dallas”
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Wishing you peace, Vinh. Looking forward to the next update. Please keep us posted
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Vinh
Rent top-up is $180 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Happy to explain more.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Cầu Giấy.
Rooting for you, Vinh. This could happen to any of us.
take care, Vinh. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier.
Sending love, Vinh. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Wishing you the best. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
keep going, Vinh. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from Edinburgh.
Thinking of you, Vinh. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Please keep us posted. All the best
Thinking of you. Looking forward to the next update. I'm in logistics myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you
best of luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. It's not much but it's yours. Take care.
Sending good thoughts, Vinh. Shared this with my family. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.