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Help Emine get through 5 hard months with four children

After a house fire, Emine is raising four children alone and needs $1,050 to stay afloat for 5 months.

🇹🇷 Üsküdar, Istanbul, Türkiye2,094 views
Emine Irmak Karaca
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Üsküdar
Last August I went through a house fire, and I'm now raising four children on my own. I work as a care worker, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries. I'm retraining as an electrician 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 $1,050 goes: • Rent top-up: $310 • Childcare and after-school care: $230 • Groceries and school meals: $280 • Course fees and exam costs: $230 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
#single-parent#family#stability

Updates from Emine

  1. Quick update: $409 raised so far (39%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Audrey T. Duncan 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Carlos D. Arias 🇪🇸 · $200

    “Stay strong. Thought of Emine all day after reading this. - Girona”

  • Karolina Weronika Majewski 🇵🇱 · $44
  • Như Xuân Dang 🇺🇸 · $15

    “Thought of Emine all day after reading this. - Bakersfield”

  • Priscilla Theresa Nti 🇬🇭 · $25
  • Sophie Paula Peters 🇩🇪 · $20

    “Hope this helps. My cousin told me about this one. - Munich”

  • Bianca Conti 🇮🇹 · $20
  • Hugo N. Quintero 🇺🇸 · $50

    “Sending love. Thought of Emine all day after reading this. - San Francisco”

  • Adhiambo Nafula Kessy 🇰🇪 · $25
  • Malak Khadija Ibrahim 🇫🇷 · $10

    “Stay strong. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Amiens”

  • Carter Reyes 🇦🇺 · $10
  • Aaron M. Franklin 🇺🇸 · $70

    “All the best. Only $70 but hope it helps. - Miami”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20

    “Hope things get better. Hope the December deadline works out. - Raleigh”

  • Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $25

    “Be well. Thought of Emine all day after reading this.”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $8
  • Surachai Anucha Srisai 🇹🇭 · $50
  • Songül Ayşe Çelik 🇹🇷 · $21
  • Émilie Renard 🇫🇷 · $25

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  • Javier T. Salazar

    Hope things get better soon, Emine. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

    • Kamal Yusuf Mostafa

      Good luck, Emine. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.

      • Monique Émilie Denis

        Thinking of you and your family. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Üsküdar.

        • Inna Nina Petrov

          sending good thoughts, Emine. Hope you get there.

          • Harsh A. Gaikwad

            Thinking of you and your family, Emine. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Üsküdar.

            • Olivia R. Govender

              Praying for you. Shared it with a few friends. Love from Erie.

              $1,182 raised of $1,050

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