Help my sister and I move to a safe home
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Hey all. It's so strange to be fundraising for myself. It feels really selfish and narcissistic- normally I'm the first person to fundraise for charity. Cupcake day, world's greatest shave, 40 hour famine, you name it, I've done it. I've always been a big believer in helping those in need and oh how the tables have turned. I'm desperate.
When I was 9 my parents divorced. My sister and I lived with my mum and the years that we lived with her we spent fearing for our lives. She had a severe drug addiction and a boyfriend who would abuse us in a number of ways. She was never sober enough to stop it even if it happened before her eyes. She would deny it happened or assure us that he was a nice guy, even after he pushed her down the stairs. She also lives in an area that has been broken into many times and is known for fights, I was once chased down the street by two boys threatening to rape me, and a man who had been stabbed burst through our door in the middle of the night covered in blood and asking for help.
To escape all this, my sister and I moved in with our dad, but things are no better. He is out every night with women and coms home drunk and abusive. He manipulates and humiliates us for our "failures" including not stacking the dishes and not matching the peg colours on the washing. He screams that he hates me because I'm just like my Mum. He has OCD and anger management issues. Furthermore he is stealing money from my sister and I and using it to buy alcohol and cigarettes instead of food. We don't have enough to eat and when we ask for food he will call us greedy and fat. He is so good at manipulation that nobody we have told, including our grandparents (his parents), believes that this is happening.
I am now 18 and can legally move out, however in order to take my sister with me I will need emergency housing that caters for young women and students in need. I have never lived away from home before and do not know of the costs, not to mention the bills and furniture I will need to buy. My sister is 16 and I will need to put her through school while supporting myself at university.
I have two options, move out and take my sister to a safe and caring environment, or stay and let her suffer even more abuse. Frankly, I'm terrified. I don't even know if I'm doing the right thing. All I know is that I want to get away and I have nowhere else to go, and I want to become my sister's legal guardian and give her a better life.
But we need help. Even a few dollars or an old appliance or piece of furniture that you no longer need. Every little thing helps. If you can't donate, even just knowing there are people out there who support me will help a great deal.
Thanks you for taking the time to read this.
When I was 9 my parents divorced. My sister and I lived with my mum and the years that we lived with her we spent fearing for our lives. She had a severe drug addiction and a boyfriend who would abuse us in a number of ways. She was never sober enough to stop it even if it happened before her eyes. She would deny it happened or assure us that he was a nice guy, even after he pushed her down the stairs. She also lives in an area that has been broken into many times and is known for fights, I was once chased down the street by two boys threatening to rape me, and a man who had been stabbed burst through our door in the middle of the night covered in blood and asking for help.
To escape all this, my sister and I moved in with our dad, but things are no better. He is out every night with women and coms home drunk and abusive. He manipulates and humiliates us for our "failures" including not stacking the dishes and not matching the peg colours on the washing. He screams that he hates me because I'm just like my Mum. He has OCD and anger management issues. Furthermore he is stealing money from my sister and I and using it to buy alcohol and cigarettes instead of food. We don't have enough to eat and when we ask for food he will call us greedy and fat. He is so good at manipulation that nobody we have told, including our grandparents (his parents), believes that this is happening.
I am now 18 and can legally move out, however in order to take my sister with me I will need emergency housing that caters for young women and students in need. I have never lived away from home before and do not know of the costs, not to mention the bills and furniture I will need to buy. My sister is 16 and I will need to put her through school while supporting myself at university.
I have two options, move out and take my sister to a safe and caring environment, or stay and let her suffer even more abuse. Frankly, I'm terrified. I don't even know if I'm doing the right thing. All I know is that I want to get away and I have nowhere else to go, and I want to become my sister's legal guardian and give her a better life.
But we need help. Even a few dollars or an old appliance or piece of furniture that you no longer need. Every little thing helps. If you can't donate, even just knowing there are people out there who support me will help a great deal.
Thanks you for taking the time to read this.
Organizer
Renee Pope
Organizer
Tennyson SA
