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Help Divya get through 6 hard months with a teenage son and a daughter in primary school

Divya and a teenage son and a daughter in primary school need a bridge to stability after a divorce.

🇮🇳 110674, New Delhi, Delhi, India1,785 views
Divya D. Tandon
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New Delhi
Last August I went through a divorce, and I'm now raising a teenage son and a daughter in primary school on my own. I work as a hairdresser, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries. I'm retraining as a bookkeeper in the evenings, which will triple my income by December, 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 $650 goes: • Rent top-up: $260 • Childcare and after-school care: $135 • Groceries and school meals: $125 • Course fees and exam costs: $130 Thanks for being kind about this.

Updates from Divya

  1. Small update. $264 so far, I made the first payment toward course fees and exam costs.

  2. 52% there. I made the first payment toward childcare and after-school care. Thank you.

  3. Small update. $40 so far, the plan for rent top-up is now scheduled.

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    “Stay strong. Thought of Divya all day after reading this.”

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  • Stay strong, Divya. Hope this works out for you. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry

    • thanks for sharing this, Divya. Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps.

      • Stay strong. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Kathmandu.

        • Praying for you, Divya. A secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of New Delhi

          • rooting for you, Divya. I hope things turn around soon.

            • thinking of you, Divya. Hope this works out for you. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home

              • I was in a similar spot a few years ago and it did get better. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless.

                • Wishing you the best. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Put this on a community board in Savar this morning.

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