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Help Ryota get through 4 hard months with two young children
A single mother in Yokohama needs help with childcare, groceries and rent while Ryota retrains.
🇯🇵 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan2,888 views
Since a long illness in August, I'm now raising two young children on my own. I work as a retail cashier, 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 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 $3,350 goes:
• Rent top-up: $1,550
• Childcare and after-school care: $740
• Groceries and school meals: $490
• Course fees and exam costs: $570
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Ryota
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keep going, Ryota. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Take care
Rooting for you, Ryota. Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Gwagwalada.
This could happen to any of us. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Durham.
Any update on how things are going in Yokohama?
Sending strength, Ryota. Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Ryota.
wishing you the best, Ryota. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Wish I lived closer to Tarragona so I could bring a meal. Blessings.
Thinking of you and your family, Ryota. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Blessings.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Yokohama.
Thank you. If you're in Yokohama I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. I'll keep the page updated.
Best of luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Blessings.
Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Fresno.
thanks for sharing this. Shared this with my family. We're a small family in Gatineau but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Gatineau.
Wishing you peace. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Londrina.
Wishing you the best. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Put this on a community board in Sheffield this morning. Take care.
stay strong, Ryota. Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps. Thinking of Yokohama
Praying for you. A secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from San Francisco.