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Harold is a single parent of a toddler and a seven-year-old - help us after a sudden redundancy
A single mother in El Paso needs help with childcare, groceries and rent while Harold retrains.
🇺🇸 El Paso, Texas, United States7,705 views
After a sudden redundancy in January, I'm now raising a toddler and a seven-year-old on my own. I work as a part-time receptionist, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries.
I'm retraining as a pharmacy technician in the evenings, which will triple my income by May, 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 $5,600 goes:
• Rent top-up: $2,200
• Childcare and after-school care: $1,300
• Groceries and school meals: $1,350
• Course fees and exam costs: $750
Glad we found this place.
Updates from Harold
75% there. the plan for course fees and exam costs is now scheduled. Thank you.
Small update. $2,361 so far, I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts.
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Hang in there, Harold. A secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon. My husband and I read this together.
thanks for sharing this. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Hồ Chí Minh City
Hope things get better soon. Your post was clear and honest. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.
Sending love. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Best of luck. I hope things turn around soon. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Amsterdam
praying for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Cầu Giấy