Help me escape an abusive and unstable household so I can continue my college education
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Help me escape an abusive and unstable household so I can continue my college education

Created September 7, 2026

₱739.50 1% of ₱50,000

Help me find a safe space from my unstable and abusive father. And the remaining extra funds will be for my sister's college funds.

I am a 21 year old Mechanical Engineering Student from Negros Occidental, Philippines. For context, my father has always been like this since I was a kid. I would be zip tied, locked in an old outside bathroom for days, made me eat food from the toilet bowl, and would put hands on me. I was around 5 at the time. He only stopped because my aunt saw my wrists being cut deep and scarring. Fast forward to my teen years, it got worse since I exposed his affair to my mother.

My mother has had no voice in the family for years, and for some odd reason, has taken side with my father against me. I have been paying for certain bills in the house even though I don't have a job. I sacrifice my little allowance at times just for them not to flip out on me. My aunt was kind enough to provide me with money to get by the week, but she doesn't know my parents have been taking it from me. It came to a point where tuition money I was supposed to use was partially deducted because of them. I have been trying to look for a job for months, knowing my late-aunt was weakening by the day, I have tried looking for months before she passed. But most of them will not go for a working student in this country. And my now-aunt who handles my funds refuses the idea of me taking less subjects to work and has told me she will cut off my educational funding if I do so.

In my high school years, my late-aunt took care of my expenses for school, may it be tuition or whatever I need. She did all of this while fighting through cancer.

But in April this year, she passed. She left me a small sum of money that would get me enough just right for college tuition. But it is money that my other aunt handles and I can not touch it.

After my aunt passed, my parents moved out our house and lived in my late-aunt's house. I was left behind. Which was not a problem since I was able to live somewhat freely. But, my parents, who do not seem to care for my well-being, rented out the house without giving me a heads up. Now I have been going out and about living in other people's houses and their floors. Just to get by with college. I haven't had a proper place to sleep in for the past 2 weeks and I have been fatigued and been getting migraines from the lack of proper sleep.

I just need some money to fix up an old bodega/room that I can possibly live in for the remainder of my college years. It has a collapsed ceiling and needs a new wall with a different entrance to the room. I have tried living back with my parents but they have been so unstable and aggressive towards me and I fear my next altercation with my father would be another physical altercation. He had tendencies to break things and throw tantrums. And that's with him being sober. He rarely drinks, probably once every 2 months, but he is still as dangerous as he is. I can't quite sue him yet since he somewhat keeps my little sister educated.

I promise that the funds will be spent responsibly and the remaining funds will be kept by me to prepare for my sister's college education. I will try to create a social media page to post my progress. As someone who has learned the errors of my parents, I do not want to commit the same mistakes of irresponsibly spending money.

I am only putting P50,000 as the goal, since I really just need a place to stay, and I believe I can graduate on time to work and get my sister through college. But any individuals who are willing to donate for that secondary cause are more than welcome and appreciated. Thank you very much.