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Help Frank get through 3 hard months with four children

After a sudden redundancy, Frank is raising four children alone and needs $3,700 to stay afloat for 3 months.

🇨🇦 Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada3,311 views
Frank G. Salazar
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Sydney
Last August I went through a sudden redundancy, and I'm now raising four children on my own. I work as a driver, 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 November, 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 $3,700 goes: • Rent top-up: $1,800 • Childcare and after-school care: $740 • Groceries and school meals: $480 • Course fees and exam costs: $680 Thanks for reading all this. - Frank

Updates from Frank

  1. Small update. $1,324 so far, the plan for groceries and school meals is now scheduled.

  2. We're at 26% thanks to 17 of you. we've started the first stage. More news soon.

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  • Wishing you peace, Frank. Your post was clear and honest

    • Hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Nairobi but we're thinking of you.

      • Thinking of you, Frank. Shared it with a few friends. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. All the best.

        • Wishing you the best, Frank. A secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon. God bless

          • Hope it all works out, Frank. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Lyon.

            • Thanks for sharing this, Frank. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

              • Hope you get there. Greetings from Johannesburg!

                • Hope things get better soon. Shared this with my family. I'll check back for the next update. Take care.

                  • So sorry you're going through this, Frank. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Thinking of Sydney.

                    • Stay strong. A secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.

                      • Wishing you peace. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Lucknow.

                        • good luck. This could happen to any of us. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Badagry.

                          • This could happen to any of us. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Thinking of Sydney

                            • So sorry you're going through this, Frank. Shared this with my family. Greetings from Malang.

                              • Naomi P. DaltonPhoto verified

                                So sorry you're going through this, Frank. Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps. Put this on a community board in Faisalabad this morning. God bless

                                • Hope it all works out, Frank. Shared this with my family. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Columbus

                                  • Keep going, Frank. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double!

                                    • sending strength, Frank. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.

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