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Help Helene get through 4 hard months with a teenage son and a daughter in primary school
After a long illness, Helene is raising a teenage son and a daughter in primary school alone and needs $3,750 to stay afloat for 4 months.
🇩🇪 Bavaria, Germany2,441 views
Since a long illness in July, I'm now raising a teenage son and a daughter in primary school on my own. I work as a retail cashier, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries.
I'm retraining as a teaching assistant in the evenings, which will triple my income by September, 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 $3,750 goes:
• Rent top-up: $1,400
• Childcare and after-school care: $870
• Groceries and school meals: $990
• Course fees and exam costs: $490
Thanks for reading all this.
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Keep going, Helene. It takes guts to ask. Well done. After 23 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything
Sending love. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Nuremberg.
Thanks for sharing this, Helene. I hope your landlord gives you a bit more time while this comes together
Thinking of you and your family, Helene. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Nuremberg.
hope things get better soon, Helene. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I hope September is when things finally get easier. All the best