Hi, I´m brazilian...

I am a mother of a 2 year old son.  My husband and I try very hard to make a home for our family.  He lost his job the day after Christmas and has had trouble finding another one.  I have picked up some contract work, and am now working two contract jobs in addition to my full time job.  I was diagnosed 2 years go with multiple sclerosis, so the extra work is not an easy task.

Anyway, we got behind one month on our house payment and have been unable to catch up.  Our bank is demanding two months (the behind month plus this month) payment within 48 hours.  I don't have it and don't know what to do.

Need info on dental plans. Thanks!

Im not even sure what this site is for other than just having people out there who know what im going through. I have spent the last few years wondering if im going to be able to hang on. Im an adult survivor of child abuse and sexual abuse. For most of my life I have been able to maintain, but recently I feel like im comming apart. Im sure most of it is related to the fact that my life latley is so out of control. The economy is so bad right now that the stress level's have reached an all time high. I know im not the only one out here suffering, I just feel like I am.  I was diagnosed with Post Tramatic Stress Syndrome, re-occuring depression, Severe Panic and Anxiety. So with all this going on the lack of money isn't helping. I know what I need to do, and I want to be able to do it, I just cant. And I know what your thinking not with that attitude, but I used to have a great attitude, I just lost it somewhere down the road. My husband is Disabled with a bad Back and Knee, It makes it hard because we are trying to maintain a house and raise 3 kids on his disability pay and it just doesnt work.. I've tried everything. I have tried to work and tried to go to school but I just cant finish anything. I start out great and then fizzle. It gets so bad I get so over whelmed I cant continue I start getting panic attacks and then im done. If anyone can offer suggestions Im open. Anything.

until then Im still hanging in there.

Hello everyone,  I am a 30 yr old single mom of two boys aged 3 and 11.  My life has been filled with so many traumatic times that I'm not sure where to begin....I was involved in a car accident in 1995 when I was 17 that caused me to be in a coma for two full weeks.  From that, I am blind in one eye, have grand-mal seizures, and I also needed to have multiple procedures to fix the left side of my face.  My cheek was shattered and I broke 12 different parts of my skull.  My short-term and long-term memory is severly damaged and I find it very hard to concentrate and thats just the brief portion of the problems that I have from that accident. Life has been such a struggle for me!! I wasn't able to finish high school but I did get my GED. I also applied for SSI but was denied 3 times. I always tried to stay positive and to not give up but its getting the best of me now. I have not held a job longer than 6 months because of my health. My family wrote me off after the car accident, I think because of the change in my appearance so I have no type of support. I did manage to have two beautiful, loving boys but their dad disappeared during pregnancy. I don't know how to go on, I cannot manage my bills and taking care of two rapidly growing boys has proven itself to be a challenge. I don't know what else to do and I don't know who to turn to. I just recently was fired from yet another job because of their lack of understanding to my health issues despite the fact that I was a hard-working employee, ya know, the one who comes in early and stays late to get the job done. I tried organizations in my area but I don't seem to qualify for anything!!! The only thing that keeps me sane is the love that my children have for me. Little do they know (and they never will) that I don't know if we are gonna be on the street tomorrow or how I'm gonna clothe them or that there are many nights that I go to bed hungry for the sake of feeding them first.  I've always had the idea of opening my own restaurant, nothing big and fancy, just something that I could get started with.  I am a great cook and I know that I wouldn't have any problems making money with that career choice. And I will be able to take care of my health better being my own boss.  I just don't know how to get started. My credit sucks and there is no one in my life that I can go to to ask for help with helping me finance it.  Are there any grants out there for low-income people to start a business?? Would I absolutely need good credit to start one??  Am I even being realistic about the whole thing?? Should I just go find a corner, tuck my head in and give up?? My whole life has been hard, when is it ever gonna ease up??  I know that I'm just ranting right now but thats how my mind feels, like its all over the place!! Any advice, referrals or cash assistance will be very helpful, I thank you in advance....Thanks everyone for reading!!

Mother of 5 year old with Leukemia and Developmental delays. I am needing help with transportation costs and related expenses of getting him back and forth to do the doctor and therapy sessions.

Dear Soulight,

I am in desperate need of some financial assistance to help me through this difficult time. The one thing that really bothers me is how my university of 4 years, has put me off from completing my Masters Program because I cannot afford to pay them $1,800.00 and because I am not working they have taken me off the program until I can pay this amount.  Although I feel it was not my fault I have no money to pay for a lawyer that can help me to fight this.  As it stands, my school loans from this univeristy is at 75,000.00, and I completed my bachelors with them in 2006.  My gpa stands with this university at 3.89, and they have no intentions of working with me to try and solve this situation.  They told me they cannot schedule me for classes because I am not working.  I feel discriminated from this university and hope that you can provide for me any organization that will help me to find financial assistance to gain some satisfaction towards this matter I face.  Presently, I am unemployed and am struggling to survive on a $422 a month income.  What type of individual grants are available to low income people like myself?  Please anything would help me.  

I would like to know how I might be referred to a doctor for my lower back, since I am a self pay patient.

Hello,

I am a 26  years master student from Algeria. I am willing to go on further with my studies abroad (Spain) however the master fee is about 2000 Euros and you have to whod around 5000 euros to have a chane for visa acceptance...

I am really in a pitch here as I do not have the sum nor do I think that I will be able to raise it...I would be grateful if some of you could help...

my paypal is acatla2002@yahoo.fr 

HELLO, MY NAME IS DISB,

    I BELONG TO A GROUP OF WOMEN WHOM HAVE SURVIVED SOME KIND OF ABUSIVE OR TRAUMA WE ARE TRYING TO FORM A NONPROFIT COMPANY TO PROVIDE SMALL MICRO LOANS TO WOMEN THAT ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL HELP STARTING OVER WHOM HAVE BEEN IN ABUSIVE FAMILY SITUATIONS.

     THE COMPANY WOULD BE GEARED TOWARD HELPING THEM GET STARTED IN SMALL BUSINESS START UP OPPORTUNITIES ENABLING THEM TO ASSERT THERE FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. MOST OF THESE WOMEN HAVE WONDERFUL IDEAS AND ABILITIES BUT LACK THE HELP AND RESOURCES REQUIRED TO START A SMALL BUSINESS AND/OR GET THE PROPER TRAINING TO START A NEW JOB. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHOM MAY BE INTERESTED IN FUNDING, DONATING TIME, MONEY, KNOWLEDGE, OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO THIS GROUP GET OFF THE GROUND.

THANK YOU,

 DISB

I AM A 38 SINGLE PARENTS OF 3 WONDERFUL BOYS.I CAME TO CHICAGO BECAUSE I WAS IN A BAD ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP. HE TRIED TO KILL ME TWICE. MY SELF ESTEEM WAS GONE. WE STAYED IN A SHELTER FOR 4MONTHS UNTIL I GOT ON MY FEET. I AM A MEDICAL ASSISTANT/CERTIFIED PHLEBOTOMIST. JUST RECENTLY IN DEC'2007 MY 2YR OLD WAS DIAGNOIS WITH DIABETES. SO NOW I CAN'T WORK FOR AWHILE. I'VE FILLED OUT ALL THE STATE FUNDS THERE IS. BUT I'M ALSO ABOUT TO LOOSE MY HOME.I HAVE SO MANY BILL COLLECTORS CALLING MY HOUSE. I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLETE COLLEGE IN BUSINESS HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT. AND ALSO IF SOMEONE COULD HELP ME FIX MY BATHROOM. WHEN I BOUGHT THE HOUSE IT SEEMED GOOD. BUT AFTER 2WKS OF BEING IN THE HOME, I STARTED HAVING ALOT OF PROBLEM BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THEM FIXED.I'M AFRAID OF MY KIDS CATCHING SOMETHING, MY 15YR OLD IS A CHRONIC ASTHMATIC AND ONE OF HIS BIGGEST ALLERGIES IS MOLD. THE DOCTOR STATE THAT THE BABY SHOULD NOT BE AROUND IT. SO PLEASE SOMEONE HELP OR GIVE ME SOME ADVISE

Hello to everyone!  I have been on a desperate search online today for any help that's out there, financially.  i am a 31 year old single mother, 2 children, ages 4 & 6.  I just relocated less than 3 months ago to get away from an alcoholic man who was beating my kids, and verbally abusing them. 

I had to get away, so I took a leap of faith with my tax return, got my first place to live on my own, but I still haven't found a job!  My money has run completely out, I have job applications in everywhere, 1/2 a tank of gas at this moment, $121 behind on my rent (which $125 will be due again on May 1st), My power is overdue, i can't afford childcare, their father is unemployed so he can't help, I have food stamps so i am not starving, My childen need new clothes (growing out of them and don't have much anyway)  and need an opportunity to make money or help.  I have 12 cents in my bank account, and nothing to sell except a sewing machine that I bought to mend our clothes if needed.  I don't have much at all, just a simple life.  My computer is an old borrowed one from my mom and dad.  They don't have much either so they can't help me.  I don't know what to do, and I refuse to resort to illegal activity of any kind!  i just want my children to have a decent life, and I want to be able to give that to them.  I feel like they aren't going to respect me if they see me fail.  All they have ever seen is me depend on someone else, and I want to be independent.

I have tried looking up loans, but you have to be employed to get that, and all of the home business "jobs" require start up money.  You can't tell what's legitimate anyway.  If anyone has any ideas, a job, money, opportunity, prayers, words of encouragement, clothes for a boy age 4, or a girl age 6, a car they would trade for my windstar van (too much on gas), anything to help please.  I just don't know what to do.

God bless everyone and peace be with you.

"gwenivere"

I'm a single mother of 3 I currently live in Boston but I'm trying to relocate to Georgia so my children can have a better life in a better enviornment.I am looking forward to the change but this move is very costly with my mother's help that this is only possible that this could happen.However I need a reliable vehicle to get to work & my children to and from school if there is any help available I will gladly accept it or any positive feedback or advice.

I am Anil from INDIA (DELHI) i am a 47 yr old man, belongs to a very good family, unfortunately i have sufferd huge losses in my  business and i have lost everything.I am very much upset and i am unable to carry on my responsibilites towards my family. I am not asking anybody for the financial help,but i request for the job to help my family.I am a very hard working and honest person, and ready to work round the clock. I know God is great and somebody will definately come forward to help me.I have a very good knowledge and cotacts in redymade garment's fo ladies and gents and export experience as well. My cell no is 9868947839.

God bless you.

• this is all new to me i am just try this out and hope i learn some thing from this . the one thing i am try to always tell people is that god is good and god will always help us if we do right, we are not alway right but we fall down but we can always get back up so always belive that and life my be hard but one day it will get better . keep your head up always say thank you god he will make way!!!!!!!!! have a nice day

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