Help fund my study abroad to Belgium

Bea Xuan Start Date: May 14, 2024 - End Date: May 13, 2025
  • Antwerp, Belgium

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by: Bea Xuan Start Date: May 14, 2024 - End Date: May 13, 2025
Hi everyone,
Thank you for even reading this and being on this page.
I started this campaign as I am hoping to get some financial support for my study abroad in Belgium alongside my Belgian partner (who is currently finishing her Bachelor's) away from my homophobic family. Our relationship has been the most amazing thing that has happened to me, as never in my life have I experienced such emotional well being and will to live as when I'm with her.

We have been together for almost 4 years now and have lived together in the past years. I'm from Malaysia, and coming from a conservative family, my parents do not approve of our relationship simply because of the fact that we are two women. They never held a conversation with her or even acknowledged her despite being able to see how much she means to me. My partner's family on the other hand has been more than understanding and never once made us feel like we're unworthy of being.

Me currently: I have been struggling for months trying to look for a job while living with my parents, hoping that I can make my way towards being financially free with my partner. But the current situation of the job market is devastating, and living under my parents is not easy to say the least. I am now thinking to put my time into good use.

Instead of fruitlessly applying for jobs I am applying to study a master's program in sustainable innovation in Belgium, where I can further my education and gain better chances at landing a job in Belgium after it, as well as being able to live with my partner while doing so.

This might not sound objectively like much, but it truly means the world to me. The ability to wake up every day and be in her presence has done so much good to my overall well being and feeling like there is hope in my life and something to look forward to. Unfortunately, simply because of the fact that my partner is from Belgium, my parents refused to fund this study journey. 

I feel that the last months of living under my parents has caused my mental well being to regress quite a bit and I am concerned that the self work I had put in might slowly be undone.

I was quite hesitant to start a campaign here as there is probably someone else out there who needs this money more than I do, but my partner urged me to try this and I thought that this can only be an opportunity for things to become better.

Thank you for your time <3
Bea
  • Antwerp, Belgium

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