Man if this doesnt post I give up.  Ive done this twice and my posts just disappear at the moment.

Welly, if she wants to go to Germany with the school next year why cant she work towards it herself?  Part time jobs and holiday work, raffles, collecting ali cans and other scrap for cash.  Help her out with ideas and suddenly she may get a boost instead of dwelling on her problems she can work to solve them.  The parents and kids at the school up here fundraise together for school trips etc.  Working together nutting out ideas with the rest of the family would be good too.  All worth a try and she gets self esteem and motivation too.  At least shes doing something positive for herself