在Quora上关注Neman Ashraf好久了，Neman是个小警察，为什么时候是个小警察呢！因为级别比较低，Police constable，最低级别的警察。虽说警级很低，在知乎上写文字却写的跟母语级别人一样好。Neman家境不大好，上的是非英文授课的学校，英文完全是他自学的。

Neman爱玩Quora，粉丝5.84万，最近他在Quora上发起了一个众筹，建个他自己的房子，如下是他的众筹信，我大意的翻译了下，不知道他能不能筹集足够的资金，建好自己的房子，我拭目以待，当然如果你愿意给他加片砖，或者一抔沙的话，随意！

This is awkward.

很尴尬！

And sincerely, the idea of having you go through this…. cringes me. I’m having a situation that demands dire resolve and after thinking long and hard over it and failing to find a solution, I have decided to share it with you in hopes of a miracle.

坦率地说，让你经历这种，实在是让我难以启齿。我想了好久好久都没想到个好的办法，实在不得以才这么做，想跟你分享，并期待能有奇迹！

 Our house needs to be rebuilt from grounds up as It is over 50 years old structure and in quite a poor condition. After spending years in service and with all the savings this is what I could barely afford to buy in name of a house. It has cost me every dime and then some.

我们的家已经有50多年的历史了，很破旧，需要重新建。花光了我多年的工作所有积蓄后我勉强买下了这个称作是家的房子。还借了些钱！

 Still, it’s a wonderful realization that I have my own house. I had never imagined of this all my life. I mean… out of a $300 monthly paycheck, it’s rather impossible to endure through all the expenses at home and still be able to save something like this..

不管咋说，我算是有了自己的房子，此生连我自己的无法想象我能拥有自己的房子，我的意思是，每一个月300美金（2075元人民币）的工资，除了家庭开销，还能省下钱差不多是几乎不可能的事情了。。

 This is some achievement.

这是我们的现状。

 Since we moved in, I knew what’s coming next…. a full reconstruction from scratch. Walls are built with clay, the roof is willing to give up. No matter how good you mop the floor, it’s no use as dirt keeps popping from cracks. Just a six feet high boundary wall is a continuous concern for my family’s safety whenever I’m gone to work. But of course, we made it work thankfully as an average small house price ranges around $50,000 while we got ours for a bit over $14,000. This is like moon for us. My kids have their own place now and their mother is grateful to finally have her own house.

自从我们搬进来后, 我就知道接下来会发生什么... 从头开始完全重建。墙是用粘土建造的, 屋顶是完全开放弃的。不管你擦地板有多好, 污垢总是从裂缝中冒出来。只要我去上班, 一堵六英尺高的边界墙是我家庭安全保障。值得高兴的是，我们周围的房子平均是5万美金（人民币34.5万），我们的却只花了1.4万。这是我们梦寐以求的东西。我的老婆和孩子终于有了自己的家，非常感激着一切。

 What actually caused the gravest concerns about the worsening situation of this house… was the rains. The roof started dripping, water rushed through the walls spilling clay all over like it’s some waterfall… ruining the furniture and everything.

每次一下雨，水像瀑布一样从裂缝中出来，屋里的家具、到处都是水。

 I have to admit that the house needs to be properly reconstructed sooner than later. An average estimate is around $19,000.

我必须承认，房子越快修好越好。差不多要1.9万美金（13万人民币）。

 That’s too much for me.

对我来说，太多了。

 Even if I start saving in die hard mode for the remainder of my service in the Police department and if that became feasible somehow the cost would have tripled anyway by that time. No bank is going to loan me given my profession.

即便我从现在开始存钱知道我退休，到时候成本也会翻倍了，因为我工作的原因，也没有银行会给我贷款。

 I have no means to manage that on my own.

我实在没别的办法了。

 So I came with this to you… as a last resort.

所以，我来这里，向你们...，最后试一次。

Well, more of a desperate and shameless plea for crowd funding. I humbly request you to please take this into consideration and see if you can spare a few bucks comfortably. That would mean the world to me. It’s a very big sum and I’d thankfully accept any size of donations since every penny counts.

哎，来众筹感觉是非常的孤注一掷，以及无耻。我谦卑地请求您，看看您能不能匀几块钱给我。那对我来说真是全世界。总金额很大，不管多少的捐赠我都非常感激。

 Maybe I’ll make it. 

也许，我会成功。

Last year I ran this campaign for two months, nearly a hundred people donated an amount over $4700 but unfortunately, it didn’t go on for long enough as the relevant payment processor shut it down. Since then, besides spending over 15 hours a day at work, I have been carrying this frustration for inability to run this campaign and it’s been depressing.

去年我也发起了这个众筹，100来给帮忙，筹了4700多美金，但后来支付方关闭了这个众筹，就结束了。从那以后，除了每天工作超过15个小时，我一直背负着无法组织这场运动的挫败感，这让我很沮丧。

I want to say, I’m hopeful.

我想说，我充满希望。

 For, I believe in you.

因为我相信您。

You can either click the blue button to donate through DonorBox pop-up form  Donate or visit my DonorBox fundraiser page.

您可以要么点击如下蓝色按钮来捐赠或者访问我的众筹页面：https://www.quora.com/profile/Neman-Ashraf

 My bank details.

我的银行信息：

Bank name:           Standard Chartered Bank, Pakistan.

Account name:     Neman Ashraf

Account #:            01716697201

IBAN #:                 PK66SCBL0000001716697201

Swift code:           SCBLPKKX

 Help me raise funds to be able to rebuild our house and provide my little ones a better living environment. I’ll be eternally grateful to you.

帮助我筹集资金来重建我们的房子，并为我的孩子提供一个更好的生活环境。我将永远感激你。