HELP MY HUMBLE AFRICAN FRIEND – GOAL €3000
Hello! This terrible war brought me half a year ago with Babucarr, a student in West Africa, who helps me living under shelling in Kharkov not to forget that in addition to hatred and anger there are such phenomena in the human world as friendship, trust and love. My age and the absence of my own family make me treat him like my son. He needs it too, and it creates the physical basis for our trust in each other. We communicate remotely, English is also not easy for me, but I am ready to spend my efforts on this, because this also expresses my social protest against the crazy ideas of war. Unfortunately, in a peaceful part of the world, life is also not easy now, and my new friend himself needs help which I cannot give him in full. Here is what he told me about his life situation:
“In 2013 after the death of my father my Mom had to do some farming work so she could take care of me and brother. As she had been doing that for 3 to 4 years she was suffering from a sickness and couldn’t do any heavy work. My brother had to drop out of school and start skilled work. He chose to be a tailor. As he did that for 4 to 5 years he was so good in the tailoring, and he was able to make little money to help my Mom and support me with my school fee and my needs. But after some years he suffered from a mental illness, and he couldn’t do the tailoring work anymore. We had to take all the little money he was saving to take him to the hospital for treatment, but after the doctors had done all treatment until they thought he was fine they sent him back home. He spent only 3 to 4 months, and the sickness attacked him again. For now, 9 to 10 years he is suffering from this mental illness, we had to sell all the machines he did his tailoring work, but we can’t have a good treatment. I had to drop from school to help my mom to take care of my brother because the sickness was so serious that no one could be able to control him. As I was helping my Mom I had to go to the bush in my free time to look for firewood and sell it. That’s how I managed to finish my senior secondary school. Now they have to send me to go to the city for my college studies. I have to stay with my dad’s friend and his family, but they have never treated me well. I suffer a lot from hunger and even uncomfortable place to sleep, but I have to be strong and I know that it is always difficult when you go out to hustle for success. I have done with my two years’ college studies, I am left with another two years to get my college certificate which will allow me to have a great job to help myself and my poor family”.
More recently, he has also had problems with accommodation, as the alien family in which he still lived in the city refuses to continue to host him because of the high cost of living in the city and insufficient housing. He also told me that his mother who lives in the village with his brother is no longer able to do farming work because of her old age and sickness, and besides, their household was badly damaged by the flooding. Our dream is to come together after the war and work together for peace and humanity. But right now, my friend needs help to finish college and pay for his brother’s medical treatment. That is why I am turning to you with a request to help in this good deed. Any donations will be greatly appreciated. We thank you in advance.
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