Ruben is an elderly Holocaust Survivor. He Lives alone and can barely walk. While a care giver comes in to cook meals and help out twice a week, he used to survive on bagels for the rest of the week.
Within months, due to COVID, the company that hired me downsized to try and survive, and as I was their newest employee, I was the first to go. I had no idea how we would pay the mortgage,
Linda*, a single mother who recently left a women's shelter and moved into a flat with her 3 children, suffered years of abuse from her husband. As Linda battles to pay the bills, she is struggling to find a job.
Josh and Soro are the proud parents of three children with number four on the way! he was made redundant. Despit his qualification, the economic downturn made it nearly impossible to find a job.
The Sterns lived a regular middle class Jewish life in Manchester. Each morning, the parents set off to work after dropping their children off at school. Slowly, various expenses started talking their toll.
Kayla, a single mother of two young children works as a secretary for £7.00 an hour. While she is grateful for the job, the salary, even with welfare benefits, just is not enough to care for her children
On Friday our office got numerous calls from a distraught individual asking for food - we asked him to come in with ID and documentation - he arrived 30 minutes later with everything in hand.
During today's distribution, a lady who is a mother and wife to a very nice family kept on lingering around even after she got what she needed until everyone left. The volunteer thought
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