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I work hard to be a self-sufficient single mother. When I lost my job through no fault of my own, I contacted my Mortgage Company and asked them to work with me. They said they would give me a forebearance agreement but after submitting all the requested documents they didn't follow through. In August 2011 they did the robo-signing of my loan that resulted in my house being put into foreclosure. Fortunately at that time they didn't give me a sale date. I was told that since I was getting unemployment I was eligible for a unemployment bridge loan modification program. Again I submitted all the requested documents but my mortgage company once again dragged the process out from Aug. 2011 up until my unemployment benefits ran out on April 7, 2012, I received a notice on April 14, 2012. I received a notice saying that my house is set to be sold on May 29, 2012. I'm in a desperate situation. Both my parents are deceased, my son is an straight A student that will have to go move to another state and stay with his father if I lose our home. The timing for the sale is very bad because I have two job interviews coming up April 30th. I need $20,000 to pay the bank's attorney fees and a years worth of arrearages. If 1,000 kind people could find it in their hearts to each donate $20 my son and I can remain together and continue to enjoy our life in our Old Kentucky Home which was built in 1892.

Do you appreciate a nice smile?
I'm a young Senior with two partial disabilities so I only work part-time. I am dying to do volunteer work with kids and the Deaf, and/or get more work.
The horrid condition of my smile has made it almost impossible for me to even show up in public.
I am very low income, without dental insurance, and need extractions on top, a bridge on top and 2 root canals and caps on the bottom. The dentist said we can save all of my remaining teeth if we act soon.

I can get the top done for $4,000 and that is my first goal.

God bless anyone who can help me with this. I will pass on the blessing tutoring kids!

I'll try to keep this short and sweet.
I'm 20 years old, working as an operator at a machine shop just a few miles from my current apartment.
About a month ago, the president of our company announced that they were going to be moving the shop in a few months. He did not, however, mention that this would cause a lot of us to lose hours due to a lack of received work orders for our CURRENT location.
I already had a couple of outstanding loans from before things went south at work. Just a couple of hundred dollars for electricity or rent that I figured I could pay back quickly taking the shops pay rate into account. However, now that I've been going without more than 10 hours of work a week for almost three weeks paying my loans back is becoming more of a game of trying to scrape together my minimum payment amount while also somehow managing rent, bills, and food money. I've gotten to the point where I'm eating about a meal a day and spending as little time in my apartment as possible to cut back on water and electricity expenses.
The real kicker of this whole situation is that my lease will be expiring 3/19/2012, and I need to manage to get a new apartment before then. With the two outstanding loans, moving expenses, leasing deposits and application fees...well, it's starting to look like I might be living under a bridge next month...
Most people my age would turn to there parents for help, but I don't really have any such luck. Both of my parents just kind of jumped ship as soon as I graduated High School. Last I heard from mom she was using meth, and Dad isn't faring much better...
Please, help me avoid homelessness and give what you can so I can manage a standard, stable adult life.

im living under a bridge on a dirt road where my truck ran outta gas.I walk three miles to town to look for a job every day for the last three weeks. Im eating caned goods i found that somebody tossed by the side of that bridge.please just a dollar or two so i can use my heater in my truck at night untill i find a job and a place to live. its not me to beg but i dont want to wake up dead .

Thanks for taking the time to read this. I've never done anything like this before, so I am just going to speak from the heart. I am a 23 year old, gay, white male. I grew up on Disney. I believe that anything is possible, if you believe it to be. I have always tried to be a source of inspiration and strength for my friends. But my life keeps taking very negative turns.

My friends know a lot about the "adventures" I have been through in my life, but not all of it. They know that I have been homeless before, but they all assumed that I was staying at a different friend's house every night. They didn't know that I was sleeping in an abandoned apartment, a bus stop, a laundromat, and even under a bridge at one point. Being homeless is nothing new for me, but I am trying very hard to get back on my feet and take control of my life.

In an attempt to find a relationship and a home, I moved across the country to be (quite literally) a live-in sex slave for a couple whom I met on the internet. It seemed to go well for a short while, but they don't realize that they don't really want a third in their relationship. I have been the target of emotional and mental abuse for the past 6 months.

In November, I had a major operation on my ankle. I broke my ankle in 2006, and last year it began to deteriorate. Because of my ankle, I can't work a regular (read physical) job at this time. I have been searching for something I can do, even though I am not cleared for work yet. I am doing everything I can do, but the people I have been living with have decided I have to leave. I am doing everything I can to get together enough money to get back across half of the country to stay with some friends.

I don't have any money for food. The northern winter is killing me, as my clothes aren't really built for this weather. I still owe for the walking boot, cane, walker, and other equipment that I need for my physical recovery. I have to find a way to get somewhere where I'll be safe.

Everything that I have learned from Disney tells me to push forward and try to stay positive. I have done everything for my friends and family but they can't or won't help me now. I am asking for help, because I need to do whatever I can do to make sure that I will survive this winter. Thank you for your consideration. I appreciate any help I can get.

Hi ,
we are just an average family who try to help one or two kids a year, this year we were blessed t

o be helping a great five year old girl who was extremely sexually abused by her family. She fits in great on our farm and is making alot of progress, at Thanksgiving my front bridge broke and now I am missing my three front teeth- it is becoming very difficult to advocate and speak with therapists and lawyers and judges, as this seems to be the focus and not what I am saying. I was denied by our insurance for a new bridge so I am begging for any and all help.Thank you.

Hello, Honestly I can not believe that I am writting this so i thank you for reading. I am a mom to a wonderful 15 month old little boy who is my world. I have never been married however I have been with my sons father for 7 years, 5 of which we have lived together. Our relationship was "movie perfect" at first and it just slowly went downhill over the years. I am not going to lie, he has never physically hurt me. However I have been called names and degrated in front of people for the last time. I need to leave but I was laid off when I was 18 weeks pregnate and have been a stay at home mom ever since.......Just to give an example of what I have to put up with, we were at a christmas party with everyone he works with and in front of everyone he says you have something on your but and when I asked what he said Oh nevermind thats just your wide load sign. I know this may seem very small thing to some of you but thats just an example. I go threw these mean and hateful comments daily. I have told him that they hurt me and wish he would stop but he just said that if i dont like it I should leave...he said that hes not going to put up with me talking back to him since I have gained weight and became ugly, he says he didnt mind "putting up" with me when I was skinner and I embarres him. Now, I am not overweight, in truth I used to be underweight when we met. I could tell stories of the like all day long, and I havent even mentioned the emails and facebook messages I have seen of him telling other women how beautiful they are and how he wishes I wasnt a cow. I just cant let my son grow up in this life thinking this is the way he is supposed to treat women. I know this is part my fault for not leaving him sooner, but that is all water under the bridge now. I have a beautiful baby who deserves better than living in this "family". I cant leave without any money as I have no job. I have put in dozens of applications yet I an told they are not hiring but I will be put on the waiting list. Anything you can offer that can get me and my son out of this house would be forever greatful and if you cant donate a prayer for me and my son would be just as apperciated.Thanks again for your time, and for reading my story.....it felt good to get off my chest for a while. God bless

I have done private rescue for Boston Terriers for the past 8 years. I have been blessed to have placed so many in forever homes. There is no adoption fees or costs to adopt one of these wonderful animals. They only requirement is to love them. I do not make anything. Most of the ones I take in are either abused, from puppy mills or just plain not wanted. If I rescue from a shelter I have paid between $65.00 to $100.00 to keep the dog from being put to sleep. I do this to honor the little guy that gave so much to me when I was the one in need. He was by my side for 14 years and went to the Rainbow Bridge on January 15th 2010. My heart has gotten so much bigger than my pocketbook. Vet bills, food and other necessities have skyrocketed. I have been paying all expenses out of my pocket, but due to currently being out of work I can no longer afford to help these babies find forever homes. Any help would be a blessing.

I, too, have lost my job; lost insurance coverage, medication. Have multiple sclerosis and rely on medication to ensure no relapse.

If I can get money to pay off some of the credit card bills, it would leave me extra money. I have had to use credit cards to pay for car repairs, bridge repair on my teeth, and groceries for my family and my husband's blood pressure medication. Nothing has been used frivolously.


Here's how the amount owing:
AA Financial - 380.00 (car repairs)
Wells Fargo - 3,556.00 (bridge repair)
Chase - 700.00 (groceries, gas,and utility bills)

I never wanted to be in this situation, but have to try and survive. Thank you

I have been actively involved in making a difference to people’s lives, in their times of need. I have been involved in various types of social activities which includes (providing relief supplies to people during natural disasters, providing a minimum amount to widows in a form of pension and helping orphan).

It has been my endeavor to bridge the gap between people who need help and people who are willing to help. I am proud to inform you that I have been quite successful in my various attempts.

This has been possible only with the continued support of people like you who have offered me help both in cash and kind. To continue with the good work I am doing, I request you to kindly make a liberal donation because a single dollar of your donation can give food to four hungry person atlest. I have been actively involved in making a difference to people’s lives, in their times of need. I have been involved in various types of social activities which includes (providing relief supplies to people during natural disasters, providing a minimum amount to widows in a form of pension and helping orphan).

It has been my endeavor to bridge the gap between people who need help and people who are willing to help. I am proud to inform you that I have been quite successful in my various attempts.

This has been possible only with the continued support of people like you who have offered me help both in cash and kind. To continue with the good work I am doing, I request you to kindly make a liberal donation because a single dollar of your donation can give food to four hungry person atlest.

JELLO, MY NAME IS LISA.. I AM A VERY QUALIFIED PERSON, I TYPE 75 WPM, HAVE OVER 10 YEARS AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, OVER 10 YEARS WORKING FOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN MEMBERSHIP, LICENSED PSYCH TECH, PROFESSIONAL HOUSECLEANING, 8 YEARS APARTMENT MANAGER EXPERIENCE. BARTENDER, WAITRESS, HANDY WOMAN, COOK, CLEAN, COMPUTER SILLS, COLLECTIONS, REPOS, AND ORE AND MORE, CASH REGISTER, BANKTELLER, INVENTORY, SALES AND MORE... BUT NO MATTER HOW QUALIFIED I AM, I CANT GET A JOB, WITH A HORRIBLE DIVORCE AND IT RUINING MY CREDIT, MY LIFE, MY STANDING IN COMMUNITY, IT HAS BECOME IMPOSSIBLE TO GET WORKL...

IM DESPERATE... WE ARE BEING THROWN OUT OF HOUSE THAT MY ESTRANGED DIDN'T PAY ON FOR OVER 9 MONTHS AND I HAD NO IDEA...BILLS ARE OVER MY HEAD, CANT AFFORD GAS EVEN.

ANY JOB, DOING ANYTHING, SMALL BIG, INSIDE OUTSIDE, LONG TERM SHORT TERM ANY WAY THAT ANY ONE CAN HELP... PLEASE I WILL BE THE BEST EMPLOYEE YOU COULD HIRE... HARDWORKING, GRATEFUL, MOTIVATED, APPRECIATIVE. AND EATER.... ANY HELP WOULD HELP....
PLEASE...IM SCARED TO DEATH OF THE THOUGHT THAT WERE GOING TO BE SLEEPING IN A BATHROOM SOMEWHERE OR UNDER BRIDGE...
IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A CHANCE TO HELP SOMEONE WHO IS IN TOTAL DESPAIR, AND NEEDS AND WANTS YOUR HELP...WELL YOU FOUND US...

THIS IS VERY HARD, TO BE BEGGING FROM, PEOPLE YOU DONT EVEN KNOW, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO UNDERSTAND, WHO WONT JUDGE, AND WHO WANT TO HELP... I PRAY THAT I FIND YOU... THANKS SO MUCH.

Plain and simple she took it all. Married for 8 years and were together for 15 yrs and she decides a 25 yr old could give her a better life than what we had. I worked 3 jobs to give her all she wanted and in 3 minutes the judge gave it all to her and then some. So now I am stuck paying for it all and I'm lost on how to do it without another 2 jobs and at least another 24 hrs in each day. Probably going to loose my apartment and vehicle soon and would imagine at that point 2 of the 3 jobs will have to go. Can I just live under a bridge? Can I just disappear? Any help would be grateful at this point.

HELP ME CARE FOR YOU INTHE FUTURE!
Dearest Community Member, Business Owner, and Friend,
I am a United States citizen, born in California, and raised in beautiful Orange County. I have been a full time student at Santa Ana College for the past two years. At the same time I have maintained full time employment. I also volunteer at St. Joseph Hospital located in the city of Orange. In addition, I have had the pleasure of donatingmy time on the Labor Day weekends at the Orange Street Fair to help students of El Modena High School raise funds for their specific causes. Upon earning my Associates Degree, I have taken the leap toward accomplishing my goal and desire to work asa nurse in the healthcare industry. I am currently attending Pacific College located in Costa Mesa with the goal of becoming a nurse. Becoming a nurse takes an enormous amount of hard work and dedication. I have what it takes in my heart and soul to accomplish this task. What I lack are the funds to make the monthly payments for the next two years while attending school and working full time to keep a roof over my head. The tuition for this school is$28,500.00. My student loans max out at$20,500.00. I’m looking for a way to come upwith the $8000.00 needed to bridge the gap.For this reason I am reaching out to the community. A part time job or a donation in any amount would be very much appreciated. Please help me become the individual that has the privilege to help and comfort you and your family in the future.
Donations of any amount are most graciously appreciated.
From the core of my heart and soul, I thank you for your consideration in this matter

We Need Your Help! Our shelter is in jeopardy of closing. C.A.T.S Bridge To Rescue is a 501c, Non-Profit, NoKill, animal shelter,orphanage and adoption center that provides a refuge where unwanted and abandoned cats and kittens reside while waiting for a permanent, loving home. Our Farm that the shelter is located on is Facing Forclosure. Go to http://www.catsbridge.org/save-the-farm/ to read our story.

At the beginning of this year, I was hospitalized for almost a week with a severe case of diverticulitis. I was planning on making payments during the busy season of my business, but it didn't work out as planned.
Normally my bicycle business does well enough to support myself and the few employees that I hire. This year, the city decided they needed to replace the bridge on the main highway leading into town. Since my business relies on out of town and drive-by business, I am down by 85%. I am unable to save money for the winter months when my business doesn't make anything.
Not only do I have hospital bills to cover, but I am struggling trying to keep my business afloat. The city doesn't plan on finishing the bridge till late fall, and that will be too late for my business. By then, my season will be over. Any donation would be greatly appreciated.

At the beginning of this year, I was hospitalized for almost a week with a severe case of diverticulitis. I was planning on making payments during the busy season of my business, but it didn't work out as planned.
Normally my bicycle business does well enough to support myself and the few employees that I hire. This year, the city decided they needed to replace the bridge on the main highway leading into town. Since my business relies on out of town and drive-by business, I am down by 85%. I am unable to save money for the winter months when my business doesn't make anything.
Not only do I have hospital bills to cover, but I am struggling trying to keep my business afloat. The city doesn't plan on finishing the bridge till late fall, and that will be too late for my business. By then, my season will be over. Any donation would be greatly appreciated.

There is no easy way to tell this story. I know that this letter is long and I wish it were a simple matter, but it is not. 3 days after my husband and I lost our home to foreclosure, I lost my husband of almost 16 years to suicide.

Joe and I bought our home in 1999. We had rented it for 3 years since we had gotten married on June 1, 1996. We were a happy couple and in love and we created many memories there, happy Christmases, a lot of laughter and a growing togetherness that at the end, rendered Joe and I not just husband and wife, but best of friends. Joe was my best friend.

We both worked, but the layoffs began in 2007. For years, we struggled and worked hard to make ends meet. In 2009, we were working with our mortgage company on a loan modification program. Still, bankruptcy had to be filed in late 2009. But, in October, 2010, Joe was laid off again. For the next six months following the last lay off, we worked with the mortgage company in trying to find a buyer for our home to possibly rent it back to us. Ultimately, the mortgage company auctioned our home for $98,000. All of our equity was gone and we had no home. Both of us were out of work and Joe was receiving unemployment benefits.

During that time, I watched Joe change. He had always been an optimistic person. One of his favorite things to say was, 'it doesn't have to be this way'. He was the life of the party, he made everyone laugh, and he was a good person. Joe was a genuinely sincere, loving, sweet, hardworking man who cared about others.

Even strangers. Once, driving home from work, he heard a girl screaming from a deserted parking lot behind Safeway. He pulled over and got out of the car, as two men ran by him. He said he wanted to chase them, but did not because he felt he needed to check on the girl. She had been beaten. He stayed with her and comforted her until the police arrived. They thanked him for stopping. He said he told them, 'Of course. Anyone would'. They assured him that was not true. But, that was the way that Joe thought.

I watched Joe struggle more than I had ever seen someone do to take care of our home and of me. Sometimes he would still laugh, but those times began coming fewer and farther between. Sometimes, he would cry. He would sob in my arms. It tears my heart out now to think of it. I will never in this lifetime get over this or recover completely. Joe had been in my life for a total of 18 years, 16 married, almost (this last June 1, 2011 would have been our 16th wedding anniversary), he was a good man, and he was my friend. He was my life.

Joe and I lost our home. We packed our home of nearly 16 years into a storage building. (I have since lost that building and all of our belongings).

3 days after losing our home, Joe committed suicide. He jumped off of a bridge. Despite a hospital stay and efforts to save him, he ultimately died.

The buyers of our home have turned it over or flipped it already in this short time. I sometimes go by it and look at it. I see Joe tinkering in the garage or I look through the front window and picture us having dinner together. I see where our Christmas tree stood. I look at the front door and remember when we first walked through it, when we were engaged and looking for our first (and only) home. The very first thing that went into our home, before furniture or belongings, was a small statue with Jesus and a little plaque that read 'Bless Our Home'. Joe hung that in the hallway. I still cannot comprehend that this happened. Joe was always a positive, happy person. Our wedding song was 'You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me.' by Gladys Knight. I can't listen to it now. I know you don't know Joe and he's a stranger to you, but he was my life.

I lost my husband and my home in a period of 3 days. Joe's unemployment checks have ceased and there is no income. I have applied for dozens upon dozens of jobs, everything from picking up trash at a park to a waitress to an errand runner. I have not been hired. I have few skills and he was always the major earner. He had years of experience in various outside sales. I am not a college graduate with few skills and what I have to offer is very limited. I cannot afford to go back to school. Social Security will not help because I am not old enough. Joe and I couldn't have children so often, public assistance cannot help. New creditors are coming after me, such as the homeowners association for the house we lost, his time in the hospital in their efforts to save him (due to circumstances, there was no medical insurance, however by law they were required to treat him), the ambulance and rescue team that pulled him from the water and the list and cost is too measurable to detail here. I do not know where else to turn. I am alone. So, I am turning to you.

Joe used to say, 'sometimes bad things happen to good people.' When he said that, I never imagined this. Can you please help? I am lost.

Thank you.

All My Best,

Christina

On Oct. 17th I was in a near fatel auomobile wreck. The person driving lost control of the casr and broad sided a oak tree.I died three times- once at Peidmont Regional Hospital- they were going let me die and a doctor ordered a medi Vac helicopter wher I passed away again. They brought me back. Again I died at Babtist regional Hospital. I was in coma for six weeks. After that I was in the ICU for two months. The doctors told my family I would be bed ridden the rest of my life if I lived. Through lots of payer, good doctors and months of hard work- I can walk and talk. I am very fourtunate. It has been eight long months. I have depleted all my savings. In fact I am over six hundred thousnd dollars in debit. The bank wants my house, I have been struggling to keep the lights on. Also I am on my thrid month with no hot water.But I am alive and very grateful.I can not work- my doctor wants me take a year off and concentrate on getting my health back.I don't know what to do. I am scared to death I am going to 53 years old and living under a bridge and half crippled. The left side body is shot. I broke my neck in three places and shattered my left shouder in in four differant places- broke 12 ribs and punctured both lungs.I was in a coma for six weeks and in ICU for two months. I have never asked anyone for anything.I have having horible bouts with depression.Something I have neve experianced- I have always been active and healthy.I don't know what the future holds for me. Don't have any idea what to do, I feel so hopeless. If you see a way to relive my situation I would forever grateful. Asking for help is very unconfortable,awkward and embarrising. I am sorry for any misspellings - typing is very painful and difficult. I am doing the best I can.Thanks for your time Keith

We have no insurance and are a 1 income family (this because of childcare costs-it cost more to work than stay at home with the children). I have 6 teeth that are in desparate need of attention. I have already had to have 1 pulled because we could not afford a root canal. All of these teeth are my front teeth. Now I need these other 6 fixed and either a partial or a bridge put in to replace the one I lost. They are starting to hurt and I have no options right now except to be in pain, because we don't have the money to even get them pulled right now. We work hard for what we do get, but it takes everything just to pay the everyday bills, we have no extra money at all. If someone can please help me with this one thing I would be eternally grateful!

On Oct. 17th I was in a near fatel auomobile wreck. The person driving lost control of the casr and broad sided a oak tree.I died three times- once at Peidmont Regional Hospital- they were going let me die and a doctor ordered a medi Vac helicopter wher I passed away again. They brought me back. Again I died at Babtist regional Hospital. I was in coma for six weeks. After that I was in the ICU for two months. The doctors told my family I would be bed ridden the rest of my life if I lived. Through lots of payer, good doctors and months of hard work- I can walk and talk. I am very fourtunate. It has been eight long months. I have depleted all my savings. In fact I am over six hundred thousnd dollars in debit. The bank wants my house, I have been struggling to keep the lights on. Also I am on my thrid month with no hot water.But I am alive and very grateful.I can not work- my doctor wants me take a year off and concentrate on getting my health back.I don't know what to do. I am scared to death I am going to 53 years old and living under a bridge and half crippled. The left side body is shot. I broke my neck in three places and shattered my left shouder in in four differant places- broke 12 ribs and punctured both lungs.I was in a coma for six weeks and in ICU for two months. I have never asked anyone for anything.I have having horible bouts with depression.Something I have neve experianced- I have always been active and healthy.I don't know what the future holds for me. Don't have any idea what to do, I feel so hopeless. If you see a way to relive my situation I would forever grateful. Asking for help is very unconfortable,awkward and embarrising. I am sorry for any misspellings - typing is very painful and difficult. I am doing the best I can.Thanks for your time Keith

First off,I am not an addict.I do not drink,smoke,or do any drugs.I am ablebodied and willing to work(desperate for it,in fact!)but despite all my efforts I have not been able to work for 2 and a half years.I sleep under a freeway bridge.I find my food in trash cans.I am typing this on a computer I use at the library.Despite knowing how to survive with no money all I want is to work again and have an actual life like i used to.

Let me explain.In 2008 my marriage broke up and with no reason to stay where I was,I moved to Las Vegas in the hopes of finding a job with the casino industry.The week I did so my out of state ID expired and it took me 2 YEARS to get Social Services to help me get my birth certificate!One complication after another delayed it and until I produced that I could not legally work anywhere!No one would hire me.

Finally I got the birth certificate and my ID and made it to my final destination,my old hometown of Anaheim CA,only to find out the job market is even worse here than it was in Vegas.Here I now finally have the documentation but I can't find a job!

I am limited in what I can do because I do not drive(I can but have never had a license or my own vehicle;even when I was working I never needed it!)nor can I commute.No bus money means I can only apply to places I can physically get to!

I do not have good clothes or shoes for interviews nor do I have a phone number that a prospective employer can reach me at so if I don't get hired in the interview I don't get hired.

I don't need a big job.I'm happy with staying at my camp.I just need something small,part time so I can afford to go back to college and finish my degree.I have a scholarship but until I get SOME income I can't even afford to register(I need a local ID to do even that!)

I am deeply ashamed of my situation.I don't want to beg in the streets and I use every cent to try and keep myself and my clothes as presentable as possible for jobhunting but I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.I don't look like a beggar so no one will help me.Yet I don't look presentable ENOUGH(or smell presentable enough,believe me,a much harder problem to solve!)for most jobs.

I am desperate,desperate for something to change.I need help.I can't get out of this situation alone.

There are three ways you could help that would do the most good:

1.Gift cards to stores like Wal-Mart or Target,locations that have both clothing and hygiene items.
2.A check.I do have the ability to cash a check provided your bank is in my area.My only ID is out of state but still valid until 2014.It's the one I finally got after 2 years of trying!
3.An actual cash donation of any amount whatsoever.I only list this because the only way to widen my search radius for jobs is to be able to commute.Actual money is the only way i know of to pay bus fare or do laundry since I don't have a credit card.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated and can be sent to me at the following address:
Michael Rassveld
General Delivery
Anaheim CA 92803

I go out every day in search of work but without someone helping me I don't know how long I can keep going.I can't get unemployment(I haven't worked in so long).And i don't want to move because I have shelter from rain and a constant food supply where I am at.But really anything that anyone can do...!

I am pleading.I don't want to keep living like this.

My name is Ephraim Ntlamo (18) I’m a Zimbabwean national living in Cape- Town. I came to South Africa on my own in 2008 as a political refugee; I didn’t know anybody here. This situation lead me to living on the streets of Cape Town for months, I was very discouraged by my situation of living under the bridge, but never lost the hope that one day I will be in school again.
In fact being far away from home, missing the family together with being homeless at the same time can be very stressful that the temptation of using substances to stay calm can be very high, however because I had a dream to be a educated man one day, I resisted all this and kept on believing in myself that one day I shall overcome all of these obstacles and enroll into school again. The best platform to reconstruct my life towards achieving my childhood dream of becoming an electrical engineer, these experiences have however made me have interest in human rights law, so I will be studying that after high school.

Thanks to well wisher sponsors today I have a place to call home and I’m attending school. Those are big steps towards achieving my goals in life. I recently applied to attend grade 11at Premiere collage and got accepted; Premiere collage is rated among the best private collages schools in Western Cape. The academic pass rate isn’t bad.

The fee’s are [R 15,000] plus the once off registration fee of R1500 I do not have the money however I’m looking for small sponsorships towards my fees

There are various reasons why I want to be student at this school. Firstly, like I mentioned before it’s a great school to get the best education that prepares someone for the world outside there.

In 2009 formed a soccer team of unaccompanied refugee children from all over Africa living here in Cape Town; the purpose of the formation of this team is for educational purposes. The idea is for us refugee children not to isolate ourselves from South Africans; instead we want to be part of the solution to issues like xenophobia, racism, and any sort of discrimination. See www.refugee6foundation.org. Most importantly this refugee team serves to persuade other refugee children to consider education as the only alternative way to success. We also discuss about issues like HIV/AIDS. At this stage the idea had worked very well: Few boys have abandoned their labour jobs in vine yards farms and they are looking forward to starting attending school this year as well.


For me attending Premier Collage I believe will encourage them to believe that nothing is impossible in life and this step will also enable me to persuade as many other refugee children as I can to quit their labour jobs and go back to school. This will help them to be confident and have the realization that everything is possible in life.

Lastly I’m in the middle of writing my book to be about my life experiences, I therefore think that attending this school because of its great diverse culture will help me write a successful book that might change lives of many youth on the way they view the world. See www.childmigrant.wordpress.com
Thank you for considering helping me put together the R 15000 together!

Ephraim Ntlamo
ntamukevx@gmail.com or +27837148014

My name is Ephraim Ntlamo (18) I’m a Zimbabwean national living in Cape- Town. I came to South Africa on my own in 2008 as a political refugee; I didn’t know anybody here. This situation lead me to living on the streets of Cape Town for months, I was very discouraged by my situation of living under the bridge, but never lost the hope that one day I will be in school again.
In fact being far away from home, missing the family together with being homeless at the same time can be very stressful that the temptation of using substances to stay calm can be very high, however because I had a dream to be a educated man one day, I resisted all this and kept on believing in myself that one day I shall overcome all of these obstacles and enroll into school again. The best platform to reconstruct my life towards achieving my childhood dream of becoming an electrical engineer, these experiences have however made me have interest in human rights law, so I will be studying that after high school.

Thanks to well wisher sponsors today I have a place to call home and I’m attending school. Those are big steps towards achieving my goals in life. I recently applied to attend grade 11at Premiere collage and got accepted; Premiere collage is rated among the best private collages schools in Western Cape. The academic pass rate isn’t bad.

The fee’s are [R 15,000] plus the once off registration fee of R1500 I do not have the money however I’m looking for small sponsorships towards my fees

There are various reasons why I want to be student at this school. Firstly, like I mentioned before it’s a great school to get the best education that prepares someone for the world outside there.

In 2009 formed a soccer team of unaccompanied refugee children from all over Africa living here in Cape Town; the purpose of the formation of this team is for educational purposes. The idea is for us refugee children not to isolate ourselves from South Africans; instead we want to be part of the solution to issues like xenophobia, racism, and any sort of discrimination. See www.refugee6foundation.org. Most importantly this refugee team serves to persuade other refugee children to consider education as the only alternative way to success. We also discuss about issues like HIV/AIDS. At this stage the idea had worked very well: Few boys have abandoned their labour jobs in vine yards farms and they are looking forward to starting attending school this year as well.


For me attending Premier Collage I believe will encourage them to believe that nothing is impossible in life and this step will also enable me to persuade as many other refugee children as I can to quit their labour jobs and go back to school. This will help them to be confident and have the realization that everything is possible in life.

Lastly I’m in the middle of writing my book to be about my life experiences, I therefore think that attending this school because of its great diverse culture will help me write a successful book that might change lives of many youth on the way they view the world. See www.childmigrant.wordpress.com
Thank you for considering helping me put together the R 15000 together!

Ephraim Ntlamo
ntamukevx@gmail.com or +27837148014

This is an emergency.I have been asking for assistance for some time now.I thought someone was helping me but I never received what help I was promised and now I don't know what I'm going to do.I need a kind soul to help me.I have been out of work for over 2 years now.Because I moved from one state to another after my ID had expired they would not let me get an ID until I had produced my birth certificate,which took Social Services 2 years to do because they did not know what they were doing.Well,it was a 30,000 dollar fine to hire me without ID so I was living on the street,between a rock and a hard place.I have never been homeless or unemployed before this but I have had to live like this for 2 years now!I sleep under a freeway bridge,I find my food in trash cans,and I use the library computer to search for jobs.Now I do have ID but what I don't have is clothes,shoes,or a phone.(Without a phone no potential employer can call me back so unless I get hired in the interview I don't get hired.)I don't know how I'm going to resolve this.Every day I talk myself out of suicide because no one gives me a chance.I don't need much and I would be happy to repay every cent after I get back to working.I don't have a credit card or payPal or anything like that.What I need is gift cards to places like Wal-Mart or Target,places I can get clothes appropriate to interviews and a cheap prepaid cell phone.Also a small amount of money to cover bus fare to get to interviews and keep my clothes clean.I could do what I need to do on as little as 20 dollars a month.However,there is a ticking clock here.My mailbox that I set up is about to expire and if I don't get SOME help by next week no one will be able to mail me anything and at that point I don't know how I'm ever going to get on my feet again.I keep myself too clean to beg on the streets and I don't want a criminal record for panhandling because that will make it impossible for me to work.I narrowly avoided one in the past.I am alive but I want more than anything else to HAVE a life.
Please.I'm begging.

Hello, i am asking for money not for me, but for my poor old mom. Her son (my bad bad brother) is so bad. He steal lot of money from her and force her to take lot of loans so as she was blinded by parental love, she take loans and give him all money from them.
But now we not have money (i live with my mom,.and i lost job and cannot found new..and that bad bro not living with us so he not care) to pay that monthly payments and that debts is growing up with penalizations fees and so..so they will come and take our furniture, electronics (even this pc i am using now)..and then kick us from our small home.
I am not important, but my 66 year old mother who is very ill (taking insuline injection because diabetes, high blood pressure and so and so) can not live under bridge......she can not alive it......and if she die, i will die too because i love her,she is my everything....so if we not get enough money and end as homeless, we both will die.......so pleas
e help us. every dollar, euro, british pounds count. To be honest i not much belive that can get some money with this begging....but we try everything..i am from Czech republic (sorry for my english), here its so bad law and social politic, noone want help us............so why not try this..(even as i feel very dishonored by this begging..)...maybe in world are still people with good heart.....God bless them.......and will help us, send some money to save two innocent (we never hurt someone, never steal even lollipop in shop....looks like only thiefs, cheaters and so have good life and good people are punished) lifes. So please help me and especialy my mom.
Thanks. I hope some millionair will read it.....because others non-millionair people have self money problems everywhere so dont think wil help...and i will feel bad if accept money from someone who self not have much...
So help us please...thanks for donations and God bless you.