I'm new to this site. I found it when I was doing some research for a website I'm building, and partially to try to to find some kind of help to get me through a period of personal crisis.
The website, many people who use this network might find useful. I's called “The Broke Hippie” Resource exchange network. Th title is kind of tongue in cheek, to sort of represent the humor and the degradation that can come along with poverty. The site is filled with forums for people to exchange useful ideas and resources. Anything from how to set up your own road side flower vending business on very little money, to where to find free food, telephone assistance, help with landlord tenant issues, and how to be able to laugh and still have good time when you're poor and in a bad situation. It's link list is comprehensive and growing daily- resources for students, online resources, health care resources, and relent helpful information for specific locations. ( Currently there is a Seattle section and a New Orleans section, and I'm working on Detroit. I'd love to add resources for other major cities- please join and help m fill it out! It's free, and I'm checking through all the posts and resources to try to avoid scams being added.
Check it out here, and please join the forums and make some comments or add your own topics. :-)
“The Broke Hippie”
http://www.poor-folks-helping-poor-folks.webs.com
PAY IT FORWARD
The broke Hippie is my little example of pay it forward, and it took very little money to create. Just lot's of research and the work of Love. I figure that all the resources I've been able to find could also be useful to others, and if things start going, peopl may post things I don't know about tht would be helpful to me. It's just in the beginning stages, but there's already a lot there....I think some of the people here will really like what I'm trying to do.
In a way, I wanted to do it now, when I'm so broke that it's s struggle to procure tings like cat food and toilet paper-- because it shows that whatever level of financial stability or lack there of, it is still possible to make a difference in the lives of other people.
