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Hello everyone, my name is Claudia. I'm a South African university student paying my own way through my studies as I am an orphan. I am unfortunately unable to get a loan of any sort due to my low income.

Bursaries, scholarships, and funding are unavailable to me as I am immediately overlooked/not considered due to my ethnicity and the relatives of mine with whom I stay being previously bracketed in the lower-middle-class. Essentially, the missing middle.

As a result of my being unable to pay my outstanding tuition fees of 2024, I was unable to register for 2025. 2026 is my final year and I'm struggling to make ends meet once again.

I also happen to be putting some of my siblings' children through primary and high school, as they are from single parent homes, where the income per household is barely enough to keep them fed and with a roof over their heads.

To make ends meet, I've taken to freelancing to keep my family afloat as the current sole breadwinner. I am also responsible for a small transportation company with a handful of employees. Unfortunately,...