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Help Rima get through 5 hard months with a teenage son and a daughter in primary school

Rima and a teenage son and a daughter in primary school need a bridge to stability after a house fire.

🇬🇧 DD12 7NN, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom1,961 views
Rima Jannat Dutta
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Dundee
Last June I went through a house fire, and I'm now raising a teenage son and a daughter in primary school on my own. I work as a care worker, 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. Money goes toward rent, groceries, after-school care and the cost of my course. I'll give a monthly update with receipts. Where the $3,550 goes: • Rent top-up: $1,300 • Childcare and after-school care: $910 • Groceries and school meals: $700 • Course fees and exam costs: $640 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Rima
#single-parent#family#stability

Updates from Rima

  1. Update from Dundee: the plan for groceries and school meals is now scheduled. We're at 40% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Update from Dundee: I made the first payment toward course fees and exam costs. We're at 30% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. We're at 11% thanks to 11 of you. I made the first payment toward childcare and after-school care. More news soon.

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    “Be well. Thought of Rima all day after reading this. - Bonny”

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  • Farhan Moin Orakzai

    This could happen to any of us. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care.

    • Pooja B. Deshmukh

      thinking of you. Shared it with a few friends. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry

      • Liya Tesfaye

        Wishing you peace. I hope your landlord gives you a bit more time while this comes together. Take care!

        • Anyango Chebet MusyokaPhoto verified

          So sorry you're going through this, Rima. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

          • Savannah N. Yang

            Sending strength, Rima. Hope you get there. Greetings from Winnipeg.

            • Bello Godwin Bello

              Sending good thoughts, Rima. This could happen to any of us. We're a small family in Medellín but we're thinking of you. Thinking of Dundee

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