Good morning I have a long story,so please bare with me, its been years of hardship. in 2003 my entire family and myself moved from South Africa to New Zealand, at the time I already had my daughter so I didn't fall under my family to gain residency, I met a man from NZ ,got married and soon discovered we were expecting a child. the marriage was an abusive one,where he wouldn't allow me to apply for my residency as it was his control over me. I suffered physically at his hands terribly, my biggest fear was that he'd turn on the children and hurt them. so I packed mine and the children's things and ran to my parents. he immediately contacted the immigration department and reported me as illegal. I managed to get a job under a skilled migrant category and gained a work permit under that category. I worked hard and studied even harder, by the time I was 25 I was running a private hospital and rest home, suddenly immigration changed their policy, care givers for the elderly were no longer considered a skilled shortage and I was facing deportation again. I fought hard, as my deportation would mean I would have to leave my son behind because his father wouldn't consent to him leaving the country . my fight to remain in new Zealand lasted 5 long years, my ex was convicted of a heinous crime, which relinquished him of any parental right to our son. my fight was lost. in August 2011 I was deported to south Africa, my children and I had no one,no where to live and no family to turn to. we bid farewell to every one we had the day we left nz. I had no money, no job,I had to find a way to place my children in school. I eventually found a job serving customers in a bakery,that gave me enough money to pay rent only. in 2012 I met my now husband at the bakery, we got married in 2013 and our son was born in November 2013. my husband earns R4000 a month, our rent is R3000 of that, the school is suing me for school fees,most days we don't eat, we don't even have beds to sleep on, because we just don't have the money to buy food let alone furniture. I'm begging you please see fit to help my family,let me be able to buy my children beds, pay their school fees maybe even get them school uniforms, please see fit to help us, we are so far past desperate now,I have no idea what I'm feeding my babies tonight, if you can help please email me purplediva82.ra@gmail.com

Hi there i am a 27 year old female in south africa. Recently my husband has lost his job and has decided to try start his own business doing pc repairs but is battling to find clients as we dont have the funds to do any sort of advertising. i am the only one able to bring some sort of income in but its not enough to cover all the expenses. i am epileptic and dont have medical aid so i have to get my medication with cash. we have also just lost our house and have had to move in with a friend and due to the financial strain we are not able to get a place of our own that we can afford. we only have one vehicle at the moment and we are about to loose that as well. any help would be greatly appreciated to try alleviate the financial strain

Hi all, I am a 24 year old male. I dream of becoming a teacher or lecturer in music but I do not have the funds to go study music. I would be eternally grateful if some of you would be willing to help me out with a small donation. I promise the money will be put to good use. Thank you very much in advance. Enjoy the festive season! love, from South Africa Kind regards, MusicMan

Good day I recently lost my job, because of the global recession. The job I had really paid a good salary, so I was able to buy on credit and easily repay my debts. The job that I have now unfortunately does not pay well at all, but at least I have a job to buy food and pay the rent. I need money to pay off my outstanding debt (R60 000 about usa $6 000) After all my monthly expenses I just don't have enough money to pay my debt. I really need the money to pay off my debts, so that I can stop worrying about creditors haunting and harassing me about my debt. Please help me if you can. Thank you

These days it just seems that my family cannot catch a break. Every time I think we are going to make it and start getting ahead something else happens and I go further into debt…we are not able to pay our monthly accounts with just my salary and I have to carry the cost of my family of four. please any help would be appreciated