
Help Honduran Working Class Mama get a car !
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Hellooo community! Hola comunidad !! (Español abajo)
My mom has worked since she was about 8 years old selling tortillas in Honduras. She migrated to escape intimate partner violence and to financially support her 5 children she had in Honduras. Since then she has worked cleaning houses, schools, offices, libraries, and is currently a custodian at U of L. She wakes up everyday at 4:30am to get to work on time. She hasn’t had stable transportation for the past 8 months: she has been using public transportation, rides from family members, and using an unsafe car that will give out any day now and has left her stranded before. She's been saving since! She currently has $3,000 and we are asking to help raise $5,000 more Not having a living wage, having to financially support her children and relatives still in Honduras and in the U.S., makes it hard to successfully save money. We are asking for community support of $5,000 to help get her a used decent car to get to her safely to and from her job <3
Mi mama ha trabajado desde que tenia 8 años vendiendo tortillas en las calles de Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Ella migro a los Estados Unidos para escapar la violencia domestica y pobreza para poder proveer apoyo a los hijos que tuvo que dejar en Honduras. Desde entonces ha limpiado casas, escuelas, oficinas, bibliotecas, y ahorita trabaja de limpieza en la universidad de Louisville para sostener su familia. Ella se levanta cada día a la 4:30 de la mañana para ir a trabajar. En los pasado 8 meses ella ha usado la transportación publica, aventones por familiares, y usa un carro inseguro que la ha dejado en la calle. Ella ha estado ahorrando y logro ahorrar $3,000 y estamos pidiendo ayuda para $5,000 más. Al no tener un trabajo que le paga salarios digno y al tener que apoyar familiares en Honduras, le ha sido difícil ahorrar dinero. Le estamos pidiendo un apoyo comunitario para poder conseguir un medio de transportación seguro para mi mama.
My mom has worked since she was about 8 years old selling tortillas in Honduras. She migrated to escape intimate partner violence and to financially support her 5 children she had in Honduras. Since then she has worked cleaning houses, schools, offices, libraries, and is currently a custodian at U of L. She wakes up everyday at 4:30am to get to work on time. She hasn’t had stable transportation for the past 8 months: she has been using public transportation, rides from family members, and using an unsafe car that will give out any day now and has left her stranded before. She's been saving since! She currently has $3,000 and we are asking to help raise $5,000 more Not having a living wage, having to financially support her children and relatives still in Honduras and in the U.S., makes it hard to successfully save money. We are asking for community support of $5,000 to help get her a used decent car to get to her safely to and from her job <3
Mi mama ha trabajado desde que tenia 8 años vendiendo tortillas en las calles de Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Ella migro a los Estados Unidos para escapar la violencia domestica y pobreza para poder proveer apoyo a los hijos que tuvo que dejar en Honduras. Desde entonces ha limpiado casas, escuelas, oficinas, bibliotecas, y ahorita trabaja de limpieza en la universidad de Louisville para sostener su familia. Ella se levanta cada día a la 4:30 de la mañana para ir a trabajar. En los pasado 8 meses ella ha usado la transportación publica, aventones por familiares, y usa un carro inseguro que la ha dejado en la calle. Ella ha estado ahorrando y logro ahorrar $3,000 y estamos pidiendo ayuda para $5,000 más. Al no tener un trabajo que le paga salarios digno y al tener que apoyar familiares en Honduras, le ha sido difícil ahorrar dinero. Le estamos pidiendo un apoyo comunitario para poder conseguir un medio de transportación seguro para mi mama.
Organizer
Stephanie Solis
Organizer
Louisville, KY