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Help Hélène get through 4 hard months with four children

Hélène and four children need a bridge to stability after a sudden redundancy.

🇫🇷 Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France3,620 views
Hélène Da Silva
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After a sudden redundancy in May, I'm now raising four children on my own. I work as a part-time receptionist, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries. I'm retraining as a web developer in the evenings, which will triple my income by August, 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 $1,750 goes: • Groceries and school meals: $560 • Rent top-up: $960 • Course fees and exam costs: $230 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
#single-parent#family#stability

Updates from Hélène

  1. Quick update: $778 raised so far (44%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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    “Good luck. Saw your post and had to give. - Gdańsk”

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  • Pavithra Naidu 🇮🇳 · $50

    “Gave what I could this week. - Hyderabad”

  • Jade Fitzgerald 🇺🇸 · $50

    “From my family to yours. Hope the August deadline works out. - Lexington”

  • Fernanda Nunes 🇧🇷 · $50
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    “Every little bit - Barcelona”

  • Mizanur Rafiq Rashid 🇬🇧 · $47
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    “Best of luck. I'm in Quetta, thinking of you. - Quetta”

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    “Thinking of you. Small amount but sent with love. - Corpus Christi”

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    “Wishing you the best. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Palmira”

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    “Keep your head up. Saw your post and had to give. - Arlington”

  • Cris G. Bautista 🇵🇭 · $25

    “Take care of yourselves. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Quezon City”

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  • Piet Arjen VerhoevenID verified

    Best of luck, Hélène. A secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.

    • Ji-min Young-ja Moon

      Take care. I hope things turn around soon. I hope August is when things finally get easier. Take care.

      • Zola S. Fortuin

        Hang in there, Hélène. Your post was clear and honest. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Love from Mansoura

        $1,712 raised of $1,750

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