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Mexican Family needs help moving

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This past year has been a terrible one for me and my sisters. 

We moved to this apartment a year ago with my grandmother and two sisters (who are 8 and 10 years old respectively). Not only was I caring for my two sisters, cooking for them, taking them to school each morning, and basically caring for them 24/7, I was also caring for my grandma, who had end stage Renal disease. She was very sick, but had been so strong in the past, and i was completely blind sided when she suffered a fatal heart attack in July of 2015. She died at the age 65. My sisters also lost their father in a car crash in 2008, which you can rea a bit about here . 


This past year has been hard on me and my sisters. The apartment we're living in is small and terribly designed. The ventilation in the apartment is so poor that we cannot close any windows whatsoever or else mold will grow rapidly, its almost like a furnace during summer, and since first moving in, many of the electrical outlets spark (and sometimes even turning on the lights would cause an eletrical spark). The water and piping here is also terrible. Often during the day I can't get cold water to drink, and all that comes out is warm or hot water. one side of our sink doesn't work either. It costs $60 to put in a request for maintenance, and I can't keep doing that.

Since my grandma's death, not only have I been battling crippling depression and anxiety because of her passing, I have also been stressed from my strict management/property owners. 

It's been hard to pay bills and buy groceries, and I often have family members coming by to buy me groceries, drop off food, clothes, and cooking ware. However, management and other tenants believe the traffic is too much. I can't believe I'm not allowed to have visitors over, or receive help from my own family. The manager has been understanding so far, but still, it's very strict.

I don't want any altercations anymore. I just want to move somewhere better, peacefully, and find
a slightly bigger apartment for my sisters to live in.

Me and my sisters are miserable here. This apartment is falling apart, it's also the place where my grandma died, and I hate that my sisters have to constantly be reminded of her death in that way. 

Any little donation helps.

Since my grandma's death, I've so badly wanted to move, but it always seemed so impossible. The costs of moving are too high. I would only have enough for first month's rent, but not enough for deposit, furniture, and moving expenses. I currently have no car, no furniture, and when I move, I plan on leaving what little I have left just to ease the load of  moving.

I just want to live peacefully with my sisters in a better apartment. That's all I want. After all these years of pain, stress, and hardship, I just want to finally settle down somewhere without anyone hounding me, or having to live in these conditions.

Thank you so much for reading! If this kicks off, I will be posting updates and such.

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Margaret Elenes
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Long Beach, CA

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