Hey,
I could really need some help. I'm not running out of food or loosing housing, so feel free to check other #MutualAid posts for people who need it more.
But I am running out of money and the state (Austria dares to call itself a welfare state) won't support me anymore.
Basically I had to choose between continuing my great training to become an animal assisted coach, which is a highly sought after profession with more and more use cases in the future and the perfect job for me and my dog, but Austria deems it unworthy - or quit and start some meaningless full-time job or training, to continue getting support.
My dad has saved some money and will be able to support me for a while (he also pays for the training), but he won't be able to afford me for very long.
My most costly expense is my psychotherapy, which is really important for me. I think I'm out of a 4 year long, deep depression, but these past months I was lucky that nothing really triggered me. So now I have to work on my resilience, so that the next trigger won't put me back in that dark place.
One way you can support me is by donating to the Fediverse Foundation, the club that hosts this and other servers as well as the JoinFediverseWiki.
Not having to worry about having to put a lot of money into that myself would be a great relieve.
More info in this post:
https://climatejustice.social/@PaulaToThePeople/112320374044493668
Or directly see how to donate here:
https://fediverse.foundation/en/spenden/
Or you could send money directly to me. All info about that here:
https://paulatothepeople.eu/donations
Thanks so much!
Paula - rip Natenom (@[email protected])
:fedi: Fediverse Foundation call for donations :fedi: We currently host 8 Mastodon Instances and some other stuff for you free of charge. But the operation costs a lot of our time and money. More money than we can afford on our own in the long run. This year we expect expenses of about 15.000€. Some awesome people are already donating to us, but we still have to pay a big junk out of our own pockets. You can donate via bank transfer to IBAN: AT54 2011 1849 4974 3900 BIC: GIBAATWWXXX or via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=3J9KVKXMCUAK8&ref=fediverse.foundation Thanks a lot for your support, Your Fediverse Foundation In the thread you'll find some info about why the expenses are so high and how you can get a badge for your profile after donating.