Hello. I'm Ana, a single mother and domestic violence survivor.

I left my daughter’s father when she was a baby because he was violent. When he ended up threatening me with a knife I knew we wouldn’t survive for long with him so I escaped in the middle of the night.

Since then, he’s used the court system to keep control over us- but he doesn’t see his daughter, doesn’t provide, doesn’t pay child support. Despite the violence and death threats I reported, the system still treats us as equal parents and does nothing to protect us.

So I had no choice but to go back to my parents...

And it’s another kind of violence.

We’re constantly reminded we’re burdens. That I’m a failure. My daughter asks me very often when we are going to leave this house and be “just the two of us and our kitties” but my parents know I’m stuck so they push even harder: single mom, no financial stability, all my money gone to lawyers.

I tried to work. I built something successful as a nail tech. But even then, I had to pay my own mother just to watch her granddaughter. So I closed my business, because I couldn't do it all and being a present mom is always my priority.

In a last attempt to build something meaningful, I went back to university, and I study from home. To build a future. To have a safety net if everything else fails.

But I’m exhausted. My body is giving up.

I have various little issues that I’m afraid, will become bigger if I don’t stop or change my surroundings. I just need peace but could never find it in thirty years. 

My mental health is collapsing. I want to do it all, but I simply can't. No door is opening for us, despite my best efforts. I might fail this semester because I simply don’t have the strength anymore. I tried. Nailed the first semester, but for this one… I have nothing left.

And in my country, as a single mom, I can’t rent without huge amount upfront. No one rents to monoparental families, we're seen as a liability even before interviewing us. A year of rent, to secure a place at the very least would be 20k €, and with the bills, that's at least 30k € to be secured and I don’t have it. 

I don’t have a car either, and you can’t be alone with a child somewhere without a car. I just need a head start. When we’re finally in a safe home, happy and at peace, I will be able to move mountains again.

So this is me trying something I never thought I would.

I open this GoFundMe.

If it works, it could change our lives. If it doesn’t… at least I tried.

If you can help, even a little, it means everything for us. If you can’t, sharing already helps more than you think!

I just want a safe, stable life for my daughter. She deserves to be happy and surrounded by love only.

Thank you ♡