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Julia is a single parent of four children - help us after a sudden redundancy
Julia and four children need a bridge to stability after a sudden redundancy.
🇺🇸 92134, San Diego, California, United States871 views
Since a sudden redundancy in August, I'm now raising four children on my own. I work as a part-time receptionist, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries.
I'm retraining as a bookkeeper in the evenings, which will triple my income by December, 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 $3,550 goes:
• Course fees and exam costs: $780
• Groceries and school meals: $1,250
• Rent top-up: $1,520
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Julia
Updates from Julia
Quick update: $130 raised so far (4%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20
- Divina L. Salvador 🇵🇭 · $15
- Leonardo Sebastião Nunes 🇧🇷 · $50
- Torsten Nilsson 🇸🇪 · $30
“Best of luck. Gave what I could this week. - Södertälje”
- Heru Kartika 🇮🇩 · $15
“Happy to help. - Magelang”
- Amanda Carolina Pinto 🇧🇷 · $10
“Keep your head up. Thought of Julia all day after reading this. - Campinas”
- Irfan Zeeshan Kakar 🇵🇰 · $50
- Asif Masud Begum 🇧🇩 · $10
- Natalia B. Delgado 🇨🇴 · $25
“Thought of Julia all day after reading this. - Bogotá”
- Femi Zubby Akinwale 🇳🇬 · $25
- Abosede Kemi Gbadamosi 🇳🇬 · $10
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $64
“Only $64 but hope it helps. - Badagry”
- Jéssica Rafaela Correia 🇧🇷 · $54
- Philipp Peter Schäfer 🇩🇪 · $35
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Hang in there, Julia. Hope this works out for you. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Thanks for sharing this, Julia. I hope things turn around soon. I'll check back for the next update!
take care, Julia. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of San Diego.
take care, Julia. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care.
Hope it all works out. It takes guts to ask. Well done. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Take care.