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Carissa AllenCarissa Allen

Carissa Allen is a mother of  one boy and one cat,  living with the cows in Morrinsville. She's seeking full time work and dabbling in a bit of content writing.

I’m a single mum living in poverty

24 May 2018 by Carissa Allen

What is it like to be a mother living in poverty? Carissa Allen shares her story. Poverty does not care what colour your skin is, what your background is or how educated you are. Poverty does not discriminate and is often a result of circumstances, not choices. I am an educated, well-presented woman, I have … Read more

Categories Featured, Parents Tags Child Poverty, Poverty

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