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Help Wafula keep his home - 2 months behind on rent
The loss of a second income left Wafula short on rent for 2 months; help us stay in our home.
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After a car accident that kept me from work for 10 weeks, Wafula fell 2 months behind on rent. Last Wednesday a final eviction notice was taped to the door, and the amount owed is $800.
The landlord was understanding for a while, but has now been clear: if the arrears aren't cleared by December, the family must leave.
There are two young children at home. Moving would mean new schools, a new commute and no deposit to put down anywhere else.
Wafula has started working night deliveries, and is applying for help from local services, but nothing will arrive in time without the rest of the gap covered here.
Funds go to the landlord and nowhere else. Any amount left over after the arrears are cleared will go toward next month's rent.
Where the $800 goes:
• Rent arrears (2 months): $610
• Late fees and court costs: $30
• Utilities in arrears: $35
• First month of rent as a buffer: $125
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
- due date
- 2026-11-06
- bill type
- Rent arrears
Updates from James
Small update. $291 so far, we've started the first stage.
- Anonymous 🇳🇿 · $10
“Hang in there. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Christchurch”
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $50
“Sending love. I'm in Mississauga, thinking of you.”
- Lorena E. Sandoval 🇲🇽 · $25
- Yasir Ahmed Youssef 🇦🇺 · $100
“Wish I could do more. Thought of Wafula all day after reading this. - Sydney”
- Ines Mona Shaker 🇪🇸 · $25
- Glenroy S. Gayle 🇯🇲 · $20
“Hope it all works out. - Spanish Town”
- Jyoti E. Chaudhary 🇬🇧 · $100
- Bartosz Mariusz Wieczorek 🇵🇱 · $25
- Brian Odhiambo Ochieng 🇺🇬 · $10
- Patricia G. Galindo 🇪🇸 · $30
“Thought of Wafula all day after reading this. - Alcalá de Henares”
- Manasi J. Desai 🇮🇳 · $75
- Aya Khady Doumbia 🇫🇷 · $10
- Yash G. Deshpande 🇮🇳 · $179
- Nathan A. Mills 🇺🇸 · $20
- Dua Rukhsar Syed 🇵🇰 · $17
“Happy to help. My mother told me about this one. - Rawalpindi”
- Pooja D. Jadhav 🇮🇳 · $25
- Laiba Farah Awan 🇵🇰 · $5
“All the best. Thought of Wafula all day after reading this.”
- Paul Tunde Eze 🇳🇬 · $15
“Good luck. I'm in Epe, thinking of you.”
- Óscar T. Lara 🇲🇽 · $100
- Kato Simiyu Kimani 🇹🇿 · $25
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hope it all works out, James. Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps.
can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Kikuyu.
Thank you. If you're in Kikuyu I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Let me know if you want more detail.
Praying for you, James. This could happen to any of us. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home!
praying for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Kikuyu
I was in a similar spot a few years ago and it did get better. We're a small family in Dnipro but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Dnipro!