Take back your life

This woman from Kempton Park found relief by turning to the experts when her debt became debilitating

‘WHEN life happens, it does so without asking questions. This is exactly the situation that I found myself in when curveballs started coming my way,” says Dawn*, a married woman in her fifties who decided to take things in her own hands to start making money. “I decided to venture out on my own and start my own business, after being retrenched and being unable to find employment again.”

She says initially it went well, with the normal growing pains that a new business experiences. “But changes to the economic environment that were beyond my control, started placing pressure on the business, and sadly it just couldn’t continue.”

She says before this, she’d always paid her debts on time every month, but that soon changed. It’s probably one of the things new business owners fear the most: before long, she had to decide which accounts would get paid and which ones had to wait. And all this while she had to continue putting food on the table and keep the roof over her family’s head.

“From there it started to snowball with non-stop phone calls demanding payment and threatening legal action and repossession. I was at my wits’ end, scared and frustrated. It felt as if there was no understanding for my situation.”

Dawn started doing research and found Debt Rescue.

“They were patient and supportive and helped me find a sustainable way to repay my debt every month, so I was still able to afford my living expenses. The relief was immediate,” she says.

“They handled all the communications with the creditors. I could breathe and sleep again.”

“It was a road they walked with me. The best day was when I repaid my last account. I don’t know what I would have done without them. The reality is I couldn’t have done this alone. Debt counselling is the only way in which I could have found my way out.”