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Help Citra get through 4 hard months with a toddler and a seven-year-old
A single mother in Jakarta needs help with childcare, groceries and rent while Citra retrains.
🇮🇩 Jakarta, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia1,625 views
Since a sudden redundancy in August, I'm now raising a toddler and a seven-year-old on my own. I work as a care worker, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries.
I'm retraining as a medical coder 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 $700 goes:
• Rent top-up: $260
• Childcare and after-school care: $170
• Groceries and school meals: $155
• Course fees and exam costs: $115
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
Updates from Citra
Good news. Because of your gifts ($270 in total) I made the first payment toward groceries and school meals. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Emiliano Chávez 🇪🇸 · $75
- Jack F. Jenkins 🇺🇸 · $92
“Hope it all works out. Only $92 but hope it helps.”
- Layla Dalia Al-Farsi 🇦🇺 · $10
- Amparo S. Rangel 🇲🇽 · $50
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Citra all day after reading this. - Tehuacán”
- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $5
- Gerard C. Kenny 🇮🇪 · $100
“From my family to yours. Hope you get the rest soon. - Limerick”
- Hiroto Yuma Uchida 🇯🇵 · $100
“Only $100 but hope it helps. - Kobe”
- Andrea G. Quiroga 🇺🇸 · $50
- Sathi Dola Sheikh 🇧🇩 · $100
- Sharmila Samjhana Dahal 🇳🇵 · $20
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