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Deirdre is a single parent of a teenage son and a daughter in primary school - help us after a sudden redundancy
A single parent in Dublin needs help with childcare, groceries and rent while Deirdre retrains.
🇮🇪 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland2,999 views
After a sudden redundancy in January, I'm now raising a teenage son and a daughter in primary school on my own. I work as a driver, 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 April, 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 $3,300 goes:
• Childcare and after-school care: $1,100
• Course fees and exam costs: $500
• Rent top-up: $1,700
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Deirdre
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- Liliana S. Stephens 🇺🇸 · $500
“Take care of yourselves. Only $500 but hope it helps. - Anaheim”
- Kelvin Kwadwo Opoku 🇬🇭 · $100
- Kaleb Mekonnen 🇪🇹 · $100
- Anisa Rahayu Ramadhan 🇮🇩 · $100
- Lucía Carrillo 🇲🇽 · $100
- Diya Tandon 🇮🇳 · $100
“You got this. Thought of Deirdre all day after reading this. - Nagpur”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $76
“Thinking of you. Thought of Deirdre all day after reading this. - San Jose”
- Aisha Sara Shaker 🇪🇬 · $75
“Stay strong. Thought of Deirdre all day after reading this. - Heliopolis”
- Chinedu Victor Zakari 🇳🇬 · $71.50
- Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $70.50
- Anushka N. Sathe 🇮🇳 · $69.50
“Hope it all works out. Only $70 but hope it helps. - Jodhpur”
- Philipp Franke 🇩🇪 · $69
“Hope this helps. From Kassel with love.”
- Radha M. Meena 🇮🇳 · $66
- Mercedes F. Ríos 🇪🇸 · $63
- Rosângela Natália Santana 🇧🇷 · $50
- Owen B. Ford 🇬🇧 · $50
- Smit N. Zaveri 🇮🇳 · $50
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $50
- Mavis Comfort Fuseini 🇬🇭 · $50
- Basma Asma Gaber 🇸🇦 · $50
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Good luck. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor in Raleigh donated after I showed her your page. Thinking of Dublin
take care, Deirdre. This could happen to any of us. Don't give up. Take care.
So sorry you're going through this. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Love from Coatzacoalcos.