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Colette is a single parent of a toddler and a seven-year-old - help us after a sudden redundancy
After a sudden redundancy, Colette is raising a toddler and a seven-year-old alone and needs $2,550 to stay afloat for 6 months.
🇫🇷 Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, France2,241 views
After a sudden redundancy in April, I'm now raising a toddler and a seven-year-old on my own. I work as a school kitchen assistant, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries.
I'm retraining as a teaching assistant in the evenings, which will triple my income by July, 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 $2,550 goes:
• Rent top-up: $720
• Childcare and after-school care: $1,150
• Course fees and exam costs: $680
Every share and every dollar helps.
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- Beatrix G. Joubert 🇿🇦 · $47
“Hope the July deadline works out. - George”
- Arianna S. Banks 🇺🇸 · $24
- Imad Adel Ghanem 🇪🇬 · $10
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
“Best of luck. Thought of Colette all day after reading this. - Pune”
- Vinod T. Mohan 🇮🇳 · $30
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $5
“Hang in there. Thought of Colette all day after reading this. - Ottawa”
- Ezra S. Stevens 🇺🇸 · $20
- Wyatt P. Morris 🇬🇧 · $30
- Renato Sérgio Souza 🇧🇷 · $250
“Hope this helps. Only $250 but hope it helps. - Salvador”
- Anonymous 🇸🇪 · $15
- Deborah E. Zimmerman 🇺🇸 · $10
- Irena Katarzyna Pawłowski 🇵🇱 · $10
- Levi Whitfield 🇺🇸 · $50
“Praying for you. Hope the July deadline works out. - Yonkers”
- Nuwan De Silva 🇱🇰 · $25
- Njeri Mercy Athumani 🇺🇬 · $10
- Sophie Jäger 🇩🇪 · $67
- Santiago J. Peña 🇦🇷 · $25
“Rooting for you. Been where you are, it gets better. - La Plata”
- Nneka Hauwa Oyelaran 🇳🇬 · $100
- Tâm Công Lieu 🇻🇳 · $50
“Good luck. Hope the July deadline works out. - Hồ Chí Minh City”
- John L. Richardson 🇺🇸 · $25
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Wishing you the best, Colette. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Boulogne-Billancourt!
Hope things get better soon, Colette. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Boulogne-Billancourt
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Colette.
Rooting for you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. God bless
Sending love. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My husband and I read this together
Wishing you peace, Colette. Hope you get there. Greetings from Mysuru.
Hope things get better soon, Colette. I hope your landlord gives you a bit more time while this comes together.