Unemployed for two years and unable to pay rent

33 thousand dirhams save "Umm Muhammad" from prison

(Umm Muhammad - Syria) was exposed to difficult family problems several years ago that ended in divorce, and suddenly she became responsible for four children, and went out to work in a shop with a low salary, to face life conditions, and did her best to take care of her family, but she was exposed to a new shock two years ago when she decided to manage The shop in which she works has terminated the services of all employees, and Umm Muhammad has become unemployed, and the rent installments have accumulated on her until it has reached 33,000 dirhams, and she has been completely unable to pay part, even a small part of it, and she appealed to the good people and the merciful hearts to extend a helping hand and help her in paying the arrears. rent to save her from going to prison.

"Umm Muhammad" told her story to "Emirates Today", saying that she was living a normal life and gave birth to four children, after which family disputes arose and increased the possibility until she ended in divorce about four years ago, which affected the situation and stability of the family, after she became responsible for her children. The four, who were working at that time in a shop with a salary of 1500 dirhams, began to suffer from hardship, accumulating debts, tuition fees and rent, and resorted to one of the charities that took care of paying the school arrears to her children.

She added that her salary hardly meets the food and drink expenses of the family members, and two years ago the owner of the shop in which she was working passed away and the services of all the workers in the shop were terminated, and her suffering began to worsen and she was unable to cope with life conditions.

Umm Muhammad continued that she tried to look for a new job opportunity after ending her services from work, and all her attempts failed, and she accumulated debts and school fees for her two sons (Muhammad and Fatima), and she was unable to pay the rental installments, and she tried as hard as she could to manage life matters, but she failed to do so. There was no stable source of income.

She said that she did not lose hope and continued to search for a job opportunity so that she would not see the look of deprivation in the eyes of her children, but she failed in light of the many obligations placed on her shoulders, and she met many of the problems she faced with patience, especially since she is alone without a support or breadwinner, and finally she asked for help from parties Charity, and she was helped and the school arrears were paid to her two sons (Mohammed and Fatima), but her problem, which she could not overcome, was the rent arrears demanded by the owner of the house.

Umm Muhammad added that because of the difficult situation she is going through, she was unable to pay the 33,000 dirhams of rent arrears required of her.

She appealed to the merciful hearts to help her manage 33,000 dirhams, the value of the rent arrears accumulating on her, to save her from prison.

• “Um Muhammad” is the only breadwinner for her family since her divorce 4 years ago.