Hi, My name is Rob. I am a Scot by birth. I have been stuck in South Africa with my wife and 5 yr old son since 2006. We met while working for the same company and after 2 good years together in Scotland decided to marry. Our original plan was to come to SA to get married. My wife’s family is all from here and it was too costly for them to travel to the UK. Besides, the weather is far better for a wedding here. The currency was also very favorable. After we were married we looked round and decided to give “the new South Africa” a chance. What a mistake that has turned out to be! The work situation for white people only held out until 2009. I am a self employed builder and carpenter with some 12 years experience and many successful projects to my name. My wife Lee is hunting for a job at present, she was retrenched in December. Due to the fact that we have legislation here in SA that denotes which jobs can be given to whites and which have to be given to non-whites. Here I fall into problematic territory. There are practically no jobs that I can even apply for! We have been surviving on small jobs to keep money coming in, however the situation for whites here is getting worse. As a sole trader I am unable to apply for tenders, quotes etc. This makes finding profitable jobs almost impossible. The jobs that come in usually get me around 100 rand per day (equivalent to 20 US dollars per day). It is barely enough to feed the three of us. Food prices are rising rapidly here. We are getting nowhere! The downturn here made short work of what savings we had. The only saving grace has been that we have stayed out of debt. I honestly don’t know how much longer we can stay that way. You may be wondering where all of this is leading to, let me explain. We have applied for many jobs in the UK over the last 2 years. We have been accepted for several positions with included accomodation. As a UK citizen I can return with my family and work there. However, We cannot get enough money together to relocate the three of us back to the UK! Our target is 5000 US dollars. This will allow my family and I to get flights with some left over to see to emergencies. (with a five year old you never know!!!) Any donation is most appreciated by the three of us.

I completely loses in my business, i unable to recover some payments from my clients.one big project , which is higher than my capacity thrown me on to problems, the project was stopped permanently due to the owner of the firm was expired suddenly, there is no way to return my money. i am in dept , one of the distributor occupied my office and taken away my car.I have to pay them around $14000, distributors are forcing me to pay the remaining dues immediately. I cleared some amount by sold of my wife's ornaments, i came from a middle class family, i have no other assets to sold. I vacated my two bed room flat and moved to a small single room, my family consists of four members, mother, wife, 16 months old daughter and me.presently i am not earning single penny also, i tried for so many jobs but it didn't work for me. my mother needs a knee replacement operation immediately, presently my family suffering from hunger, i failed to giving them sufficient food. this is my lost attempt to get some help from kind people like you. we have no other chance except end of our lives.In spite of begging road side , i am begging here for my family, please help me to get out from my problems and it will be help full to recover my business.Thanks for reading,please help me thanks in Advance Peter.

I'm a 25 year old who graduated from uni last year. Through which I amounted quite a bit of debt, even more once my son was born. Now I share the care of our son, I spend as much time with him as I can and work the rest of the time. But, every pay day the money is gone and I struggle to eat while giving my son all he needs.

I need help. I am old and lonely. I have a lot of debt. I am very depressed. I feel sad and suicidal. I have lost interest in most things. I feel there is no hope and no future. I need money to pay off my debt. Any amount of donation will help. Please help me!

Hello,I live in Indianapolis,In.Up until March of 2011 I was a cab driver here in town.At that time I was asked by my son to join his small business of cleaning out foreclosed homes,a business he ran along with his regular job. Unfortunately as time went on we found we could no longer work side by side,so I have left as of December 2011.Shortly after leaving my car broke down and any money I had went to utility bills.My goal is to get back in a cab in time for the Super Bowl in February.As my Taxi License expired in September, I need to renew it.The cost to renew your license here is $132.50+ $250.00 for the first weeks rent on the cab.My Goal is to be back in a cab,and to continue driving throughout 2012.I know it's a small goal,but it will keep me going thru the lean times.Every $ is appreciated. Thank you and God Bless.