Help Divorced father who is addressles with his 2 daughters

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Hello my name is Ricardo. I am a 31 year old father of twin daughters. In 2020 I got divorced, with it I lost my business and that snowballed into me losing my home. I managed to freelance and work part time to pay for rental homes until end of 2022. In 2023 my father became sick, I got mental issues because of the divorce and in January 2024 my father passed away.

January 2023 the gas price and rent got too expensive and I had to move out of the home I was living. But after 3 months of not finding a new home the government put my status to RNI (Not living within the EU). The result of that is that I lost my freelance status (Tax ID), I cannot renew my drivers license and I cannot be insured. Which put me down financially when I got hospitalized 3 times in 2023.

All of 2024 I have been ill and sick. But since July things slowly are getting better. Meanwhile I have focussed on my diet and lost weight (I was overweight) so I got some small W in a dark period. This lead me to being fit enough to start rebuilding my life, but here is my biggest struggles right now:

Due to non citizenship I cannot get a regular insurance, bank account and I cannot get a job
I cannot officially start a business and if I get hired for freelance work the business has tax disadvantages which means I get many no's
There is no family or friend where I can register myself temporarily
I am bound to an area of ~30km within the range of my ex due to my daughters
Getting even a cheap apartment with just 1 bedroom (for my daughters and me sleeping on the couch) will cost about 900 a month + 200 a month for electricity and gas | I am negotiating with my ex about moving just over the border in Germany because there I could get some apartment 200-300 cheaper a month.

While I cannot earn a regular income my debt will rise and chances of ever getting out of the vicious cycle is getting smaller every day.

First of August I started creating a TikTok and Instagram page, I also started contacting old business contacts AND I subscribed to any freelance group and forum I know about regarding webdevelopment.

I do whatever I can to make it work and hope to get back to basics by end of this year latest. My two daughters are currently suffering by what's going on and that's killing me mentally again.

I know I am capable of getting back on track. I have done it many times before and I will do whatever it takes.

But now you wonder, why did I create this GoFundMe?

Well to be honest, asking for help is NOT my biggest strenght. BUT on TikTok I got many sweet replies to my stories and someone asked me "Why is there no GoFundMe?" and I asked "Would you support me?" He then replied "Ofcourse". That got me thinking. As I really want to do everything I can to provide a stable home for my daughters as soon as possible, this would be an additional option.

Why the goal of 7k?

I know I am capable of getting a decent job when I get my paperwork set up and have a home. Getting an apartment costs 2x rent as a deposito and then 1x rent + electricity + gas bill for the first month. This equates to approx. 3x 900 + 200-300 which is 2900-3000

Then having just another 2000 buys me some time to move in, fix the place for my daughters, get my paperwork settled and apply to jobs + get my Tax ID. This totals to ~5000 euros.

But as I said all the hospital visits put me in about 1500 of debt already.

This leaves just over 500 for unexpected expenses and getting the paperwork settled the first month.

Meanwhile I will just continue getting done as many small jobs as I possibly can!