Hello, I am raising money to return home. I currently live in Germany, where I was working until recently, when I had an accident. I wish to return home because I was treated badly following all the confusion surrounding the accident, and as a result I have lost trust in this country and its administration. I am currently on benefits, which run out in January; the benefit is a small amount that literally only allows me to survive here, so I am not even able to save for the return journey. Furthermore, I have no one to ask for help in this matter because, quite literally, I have no one. I have tried to find any kind of work here where I live, but to no avail, as the state (Rhineland-Palatinate) where I live is probably the worst region in Germany when it comes to employment. I’ve worked here for seven years at one company and, to be honest, I’d never really thought about what I’d do if I lost my job. My big drawback is that I don’t have a driving licence (I’m ashamed to admit this at my age); it’s a huge obstacle, even just to finding a job. Unfortunately, I can’t rely on the local public transport because the timetable starts at 5 am, and it takes 1.5 hours to get to the nearest station. So life without a car is a nightmare. As I mentioned earlier, my benefits run out in January, and after that, the only option is to travel to the station to Cologne or Berlin, leaving me homeless. I’m terribly afraid of this because, to be honest, I never expected such a situation to arise in my life; on top of that, the absence of any close (family) rules out any help from loved ones, which is why I am here on this site, hoping for even symbolic help from you, for which I will be eternally grateful. I really thought that after so many years of working and paying high taxes, there would be some sort of social support service, like a JobCentre, that would help me when my benefits from the employment office run out – by covering at least the rent and electricity bills; these are small amounts and I wouldn’t need anything else; even when it comes to food, it’s possible to get by without it. I’ve used up all my savings just to keep up with all the bills, because the benefit of just under 1,000 euros simply wasn’t enough, given how quickly everything is getting more expensive here. That’s why I can’t afford to go back home and rent even a small room until I find a job, and that certainly won’t be a problem, especially in a warehouse – 20 years’ experience counts for a lot. The only upside is that there are fields all around me where I can get something to eat throughout the season.  So I would be truly very grateful for any help and I am willing to work off the help I receive thank you very much in advance; even if only for reading the description of my situation, I will then know that someone is thinking of me. Once again, thank you for yourand best regards, Michał.

Hello, I am raising money to return to my country. I currently live in Germany, where I worked until recently, before the accident happened to me. I want to return to my country because I was treated badly following the whole mess with the accident, and because of that I have lost trust in this country and its authorities. I am currently on benefits which end in January; the benefits are a small amount which literally only allows me to survive here, so I am not even able to save for my return. Additionally, I have no one to ask for help in this matter because I really have no one, literally speaking. I tried to find any job here where I live but without success because the state (Rhineland-Palatinate) where I live is probably the worst region in Germany when it comes to work. I worked here for seven years in one company and, to be honest, I never wondered what would happen if I lost my job. My big disadvantage is that I do not have a driving licence (at my age, I am ashamed to realise that); this is a major obstacle even when it comes to finding a job. Unfortunately, I cannot rely on local public transport because services start at 5 am and it takes 1.5 hours to reach the nearest station. So living without a car is a nightmare. As I mentioned earlier, my benefits end in January, and then all that remains is to travel to the train station in Cologne or Berlin and end up homeless. I am terribly afraid of this because I never really expected that such a situation could ever happen in my life, and the lack of any close relatives (family) rules out the possibility of help from loved ones, which is why I am here on this portal hoping for at least some symbolic help from you, for which I will be eternally grateful. I really thought that after so many years of work and paying high taxes there would be some social institution like the JobCentre that would help me when my unemployment benefit ends, covering at least the rent and electricity; these are small amounts and I wouldn’t need anything more – even when it comes to food, I can manage without it. I used all my savings to keep up with the bills because the benefit, less than 1,000 euros, was simply not enough given how quickly everything here is becoming more expensive. That’s why I can’t afford to return to my home country and rent even a small room until I find a job – and that won’t be a problem, especially in a warehouse; 20 years’ experience counts for something. The only advantage is that there are fields all around me where I can gather food throughout the season. So I would be really grateful for any help, and I am able to work off the help I receive. Thank you very much in advance; even if only for reading the description of my situation, I will know that someone is thinking of me. Thank you again for your time, and best regards, Michał.