One of the girls on GYE's women's side of the mechitza, suffered terrible sexual and emotional abuse as a child, and was advised to leave home by rabbanim and therapists when she got older. She is now living alone, and struggling terribly to pay for therapy and get by. She recently wrote me the following:
I was wondering if you would be able to post this link
https://thechesedfund.com/cause/help-heal-my-abuse for me anonomiously on the GYE men's forum somewhere?the women cant post on the mens forum and the men's forum is a lot busier, maybe between all those men maybe someone could help? is that something you would be comfortabe doing? im in a really stuck place and bc of the sensitivity of the situation I cant just forward it to my friends but with all the thousads of fundraisers,who would notice mine?. I am so overwhelmed and trying to brainstorm how to help make it easier bc I am falling apart from everything. I paid 100 dollars to have my campain verified, i dont know how ling that takes but hopefully within 48 hours it will be verified and ppl will see its legitamate. It is awful to be in this posiion feeling so shameful and like a taker. I am stuck and feel so trapped. i hope that soon things get better. please let me know if you can post it on the mens forum somewhere
https://thechesedfund.com/cause/help-heal-my-abuse
And after I asked her if she is getting any help from Amudim.com, she replied:
yes, amudim is helping me and has been helping me for a year. My therapist's fee was initially 275 and now its 250 per session. Amudim helps me 112.50 per session through a sexual abuse grant leaving me with 137.50 per session. I appreciate it more than words can describe and it makes the therapy affordable. At the same time, being that I live on my own and pay for everything on my own, my money ran out and now I am penniless and in debt. I can no longer afford the remaining 137.50 per session. I cant even afford to buy myself a new pair of shoes. I have 11 dollars in my wallet and 43 dollars in my bank account, I owe over 2,000 dollars to my credit card and bc i'm so overwhelmed i don't have a steady source of income. I went into debt knowingly bc I didn't want to stop my therapy. I need a job that I can keep down but I've been feeling so overwhelmed and depressed I have barely gotten out of bed in 2 weeks. I need help to get back on my feet and get sleep and a job that I can hold down. just been a mess the past short while that's why i am using the funding forum. but without amudim i would have given up on my life a long time ago. Amudim is the most incredible lifesaving organization and one day when I am in a healthy place and earning money, I plan t give every last bit of my maaser to that organization. they are malach hashem literally.