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Help Ratna get through 3 hard months with three children under 9
A single father in Surabaya needs help with childcare, groceries and rent while Ratna retrains.
🇮🇩 Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia1,275 views
After a long illness in August, I'm now raising three children under 9 on my own. I work as a cleaner, 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 October, 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 $350 goes:
• Childcare and after-school care: $120
• Groceries and school meals: $100
• Course fees and exam costs: $130
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Ratna
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how is Ratna doing now?
everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Surabaya.
So sorry you're going through this. Hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Blessings.
Stay strong, Ratna. Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
hope this works out for you. I'm in hospitality myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Good luck. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Surabaya.