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Based in Massachusetts, SHARK or Selfless Harmless Acts of Random Kindness, is an underground grassroots organization of anonymous individuals working together to spread good will through generous acts.  SHARK is a clandestine, self-sustaining organization without external financial funding or support: We do not have the means to provide monetary assistance.  However, we are committed to helping our fellow citizens, neighbors and individuals-in-need in any way we can including expertise, labor, time and advice.  Our mission statement is simple: Exercise generosity of spirit.  

hi, i am Ugyen Samdrup from Bhutan who is aspiring to pursue higher studies abroad. However, my dream never materialises due to lack of financial support.  Your sponsorship will mean a lot to my career.

Looking forward. 

My need is housing, we are new to the big city area. It's very hard trying to work jobs while having safe childcare at the same time. So I put my want on hold to work in childcare so my kids would be safe and provide income. Would love to go back to college, but need an employer that would work with my school hours. Pray for us

Mother Of Three And No Hope :

                           I am a mother of three, and trying to go to college for my bachelors degree in Graphic arts so i can better my childrens life. I have done almost everything in search for help with my living expenses, I cant seem to find anything. I applied for cash assistance from the government and was denied simply they said "just because you are in school doesnt mean you qualify", i had thought seeing as i was trying to better my life they would be more willing to help, I guess not. After that I had went to my financial aid office to see if anything could be done there they had told me that i have gotten all the money i could, However they said I could get a private loan through Sallie Mae. So I filled out the application and they said i need a cosigner. This was very unfortunate for me because no one that I know not even my mother would cosign for me,. So yet again im stuck and have no clue how im going to get the help I need to further my education. If anyone has any ideas about how i can get help with living expenses i will be very thankful.

 Sincerly,

  Christina

Hello,

Can someone help me? I attended the University of Colorado online and during the semester financial aid took back $1800 and now I owe the university. I want to transfer to UMKC because I will be moving there for the fall semester and I can't finish my application because the University of Colorado won't release my transcripts. Does anyone know where I can get help with paying the past due amount at the University of Colorado?

Hi, I'm a single mom and a full-time college student. Well let me start from saying that i think i'm starting to give up hope that everything will be alright for me and my kids in the future. Because right now i'm drowning in guilt and money problems because i have choosen to go back to school again for the second attempt to have a better life for me and my kids. First of since i have choosen to go to school I had to give up my daughter for right now and nobody knows how much it kills me everyday to think about it. And then I have a son that lives with me that the father doesn't claim and don't pay childsupport so i'm trying to take care of his needs with only a 12 hour a week job and let me add I only have the job till school lets out in may and then they shut down. I do get help with child care but i still have to pay some out of pocket and that is like 40% of what i bring home every two weeks. I only bring like 150.00 every two weeks and that pays daycare some household needs and diapers and basic things i need to get him. Then i have on my shoulders that i also have a daughter that needs me also but i just can't so i try to send things to her when i can but it not much. And i have to pay child support on her which i can't afford and i think about if i get to far behind they will throw me in jail with all the dead beat dads and i will be classifled as a dead beat mom and that hurts me more then anything because my kids are my world i would jump through fire for them and that is kinda what i'm doing because i want to better my future and be indepent for myself. My mom helps out when she can but then it hurts her because she can't pay her bills because she is worried about me so if i need something she tries to help like she gave me 3 or more cars because the ones i have bought have broke down and i can't afford to fix them so i call the junk year to pick them up. Or like when my son was only 6weeks old a person pulled out in front of me and totaled my car. Which left me with no car again because michigan has no fault insurance so he only had to give me 500.00 so since it was around xmas that is how i got my kids xmas presents that year. And this my last resort to get help because i don't know what else to do because i need a altertive school loan or something but i need a co-signer because i have figure if i can at least get a 20,000 loan then i can pay my childsupport up and that is i'm about 900.00 behind but then i can pay this year in full and that is 1,500 and then i won't have to worry about it. Then i have to come up with 2,300 for rent in may for my apartment for the summer months while school is not in. I also want to take some summer classes and that is 300.00 per credit hour so that would cost about 2,000 including books. Then i would like to buy me a decant car for me and my kids and i would say that would be like 8,000 and then pay for insurance on it for a whole year because let me add right now i can't afford insurance. And then at least get my hair cut and done i can't even afford that i haven't had a hair cut for over a year now and then i would buy me some bras and some cloths because almost everything i have my mom has bought or my step-mom and dad or has given money to go towards stuff like i didn't have a winter coat for 2 years so my dad gave some money to mme to go towards it. So i would say i would spend at least 1,000 shopping spree for me. And then get stuff for my house because i need a lot that i can't afford to get either and i would say that would cost like 600.00. And then i would use some money tp put my son in some extra things with kids and activities because his doctor wants me to because he has a tyroid problem and the doctor says that he is obess right now for his age so he is on a special diet and we all know that health food cost more then junk food. Then the rest of the money i would save for emergences because like my brakes are going on my car and other things that is why i need something different right away. So if there is anything else you want to know just ask and oh i'm also having medical problems myself i just was diagnose with ADHD so that is hard to cope with but the plus side my grades are getting better in school.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Lori

i need help am single mum with no income to support na family