Hello all,
I’m in a rather complicated and desperate situation at the moment, and in terrible need of some financial support.
At the beginning of this year, I took a leap and moved to a new country (in which I have dual citizenship), as I am no longer able to live in my own country. This is due to personal health issues that are much worse when living there, and the rapidly rising living costs that have made it impossible to get ahead or afford the healthcare I need. This new country is much more affordable, and has a better healthcare system that is able to help and support me much better than back home.
I had a substantial amount of savings that I planned to live off of until I found a job in this new country, in which I would then be able to move into some stable housing. I have been securing temporary accommodation through housesitting since I arrived, where I take care of people’s homes and pets in exchange for free accommodation. However, this is all unpaid, has been expensive to change and travel to every couple of weeks, and I have not been able to find any clients willing to pay for the service, as free services of this kind are very prevalent here.
For the first 6 months, I was able to support myself through my savings as I looked for a secure job. However, it has been next to impossible to secure work of any kind since I do not have stable housing and am constantly moving around the country doing these temporary house-sits. Remote jobs are also far and few here and heavily applied to when an opportunity comes up. Since I have not had a job to prove reliable income, I have not been able to move into any stable accommodation during this time either, in order to find any jobs that were location based or even make the job search any bit easier.
Up until this point, I still haven’t been able to find any work, and ran out of savings a few months ago. I was able to apply for a VERY small amount of benefits, in which I have been barely surviving off since then, but have not been able to find any other way to financially support myself. I have fallen behind in quite a few bills, been unable to feed myself well (which has been contributing negatively to the lot of my health issues), and am now not even able to afford to reach my next housesit for this month (as the transport costs are now too high and climbing). I unfortunately do not have any other alternatives for accommodation than this next agreement, and have been frantically trying to find a way to come up with the costs on my own to get there.
I do not come from a well off family, and do not have family here or back home that I could rely on for financial support while I continue to try to find work. I also do not have friends or family here that I could stay with, and am not able to afford to fly back to my own country, let alone move in anywhere here to help find a job. I also do not qualify for any additional financial or housing assistance that could help me get on my feet or solve this situation in any way.
I am desperately asking for anyone to help in what ways they can who may see this. It’s so painful to write this and reach out for support like this, as I have always been self-sufficient and the one who would usually help others if I was able to. I truly never anticipated that I would end up in this type of situation. However, I know that we all go through tough times, and hope that someone would be kind enough to help me out (even by just a one time donation) while I try to find a better solution to all of this.
Thank you so much to anyone who was willing to read through this and who considers supporting me in any way. I hope that posting this and being honest will somehow help during this time.
Thanks again, and many blessings and well wishes to you all.