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Sebastião is a single parent of two young children - help us after a sudden redundancy
Sebastião and two young children need a bridge to stability after a sudden redundancy.
🇧🇷 Paraná, Brazil825 views
Last December I went through a sudden redundancy, and I'm now raising two young children on my own. I work as a school kitchen assistant, 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 March, 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 $800 goes:
• Course fees and exam costs: $135
• Childcare and after-school care: $280
• Rent top-up: $385
Thanks for reading all this.
Updates from Sebastião
22% there. the plan for course fees and exam costs is now scheduled. Thank you.
Quick update: $45 raised so far (6%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Thank you all. We're at 4% now ($35). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts. - Sebastião
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“Rooting for you. Thought of Sebastião all day after reading this. - Moscow”
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Wishing you peace, Sebastião. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I hope March is when things finally get easier.
Good luck, Sebastião. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. All the best
So sorry you're going through this, Sebastião. Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
Hope it all works out, Sebastião. Hope this works out for you