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Unemployed and desperate for rent money

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Hello, I'm blind and autistic and an immigrant in Denmark from outside the EU. I graduated from the University of Copenhagen in August with a master's degree, but because my degree is in the humanities and I'm not Danish it's been very difficult to find a job. I'm sure my disabilities don't help the situation. I've been to multiple NGOs to ask for assistance and have just completed a career guidance course about navigating the Danish labor market, and apply to every possible job I can find. I spend multiple hours daily on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, JobIndex, and Indeed and apply for everything I think I have any shot at, and nothing. I can't even seem to secure a part time job at McDonald's.

It's incredibly disheartening, but nothing new. Due to the autism I've always had trouble finding and keeping work. I'm in the process of beginning a new online degree in Business Analysis and taking several certification courses on LinkedIn for various programming languages, but most likely won't be able to avail of those before my rent is due for December (the University of Copenhagen applied for Direct Loans for me there, when I specifically told them not to, and now the US government won't let me borrow more until I pay this "overpayment". I've applied for a consolidation loan which should solve the issue, but it may take awhile and I can't guarantee I'll be able to start classes before December and receive aid funds).

Unfortunately rent is very expensive here, but it's even more expensive to move or I would have already. You generally need at least four months' worth of rent up front plus the rent for the month you move it, so a move really isn't feasible at the moment.

I plan to get a job as soon as I possibly can, and will continue to apply everywhere I can and seek assistance from any place I can legally do so. I am practicing Danish in a conversation group twice weekly at my local library and can read and write perfectly fine, but even if my pronunciation gets good I'll never sound like a Dane. Hence trying to get tech skills since none of the skills I have degrees in seem in any way marketable, and Denmark is a real need of people to work in IT and tech so language isn't as much of an issue.

The amount requested is for the 9,041dkk rent for December (around $1300 or 1200 euro). The rest is for food and other incidentals.

I appreciate every bit of help, and am happy to provide any sort of service by way of payment! If not that, I will refund all donations as soon as I am able to find employment or receive student aid once more.

Thank you.

9041dkk will be used for rent.

The remainder, 2059dkk, will be used for food and other incidentals such as medication (insulin, hypothyroid medication, a statin and hypertension medication as well as iron supplementation and vitamin D, both of which I am deficient in due to the diabetes and gluten intolerance. The rest will be spent on transportation - one trip to the city center can be up to 40dkk on Copenhagen's public transit network.
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