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Ingrid is a single parent of two young children - help us after a long illness
Ingrid and two young children need a bridge to stability after a long illness.
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands3,654 views
Last June I went through a long illness, and I'm now raising two young children on my own. I work as a hairdresser, 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 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.
Every cent is accounted for. I'll share a simple monthly breakdown.
Where the $3,850 goes:
• Rent top-up: $2,200
• Childcare and after-school care: $580
• Groceries and school meals: $710
• Course fees and exam costs: $360
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Ingrid
Updates from Ingrid
Update from Amsterdam: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 28% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Guilherme Otávio Gonçalves 🇧🇷 · $10
- Anonymous 🇮🇱 · $100
- Emiliano P. Pérez 🇲🇽 · $50
- Halina Elżbieta Mazurek 🇵🇱 · $25
- Elżbieta Justyna Rutkowski 🇵🇱 · $25
- Funmilayo Adaeze Nwachukwu 🇳🇬 · $30
“Hope it all works out. Please keep us posted. - Port Harcourt”
- Grace Harris 🇨🇦 · $127
- Jordan T. Carlson 🇬🇧 · $5
- Ali Emre Çelik 🇹🇷 · $33
“From my family to yours. Hope the September deadline works out. - Üsküdar”
- Manuel N. Hernández 🇪🇸 · $250
- Romain Antoine Carpentier 🇨🇦 · $75
- Maverick Parks 🇺🇸 · $20
“Best of luck. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Yonkers”
- Vivaan D. Meena 🇮🇳 · $10
“Take care of yourselves. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Warangal”
- Theresa Charlotte Koch 🇩🇪 · $10
“Hope the September deadline works out. - Augsburg”
- Ksenia Orlov 🇺🇦 · $15
- Derek Holland 🇦🇺 · $15
- Francisco Wagner Bezerra 🇧🇷 · $10
- Prakash T. Prajapati 🇮🇳 · $78
“Only $78 but hope it helps. - Mumbai”
- Ana B. Nava 🇺🇸 · $15
“Keep your head up. Small amount but sent with love. - Las Cruces”
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $100
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Thinking of you, Ingrid. This could happen to any of us. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.
everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Phuket.
thanks for sharing this, Ingrid. I hope things turn around soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. All the best.