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LOST JOB DUE TO COVID-19. NOW HOMELESS. BABY DUE IN OCTOBER. |
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Posted by: Patam - 09-10-2022, 02:28 AM - Forum: My Request for Help
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Dear All,
My name is Patrick Amkayah and I am from Kenya. I lost my job in July 2021 due COVID-19. I used to work as construction manager for small company that managed to keep going during the pandemic until July 2021 when the director decided to shut down until further notice.
I have a three year old daughter and my wife is expecting our second baby in October. I also live with my young sister and her five year old daughter. Since losing my job, my family managed to survive on the little savings I had set aside during the time I was working for the last one year. However, without a stable source of income, those savings finally ran out. Consequently, I wasn’t able to meet my rent obligations for the two months of July and August. I pay $100 in rent each month. Due to inability to pay rent for two consecutive months, the house agent locked us out on 22nd of August.
Confronted with the harsh reality of homelessness, first, I had to send my wife Tabitha to her aunt in a desert town called Lodwar (630 miles from Nairobi) until I find a solution to the housing situation. Then I had to request the headmaster of our local primary school to allow my sister and her daughter to sleep on the floor of the school kitchen where she was already working as a dish cleaner. As for myself, I am co-sharing a room with three other fellows.
I have been able to sporadically get some manual work(on flower farms or construction sites), as a hand labourer to raise money for rent and provide for them. But I barely manage enough for food which I must send to my wife and daughter.
With her due date fast approaching, there is so much pressure on me to raise enough money to take care of her and the baby. That is why I am requesting that you bail me out of this situation with $2,000. That will keep us going until next year.
We’ll use the money:
1.$600 to settle our rent arrears for July and August, also pay rent for September, October November and December.
2.$200 to buy food and cooking gas.
3.$100 to bring my wife Tabitha back to me.
4.$300 to provide for the baby when it arrives in October.
5.$400 to cover hospital bill that will arise after Tabitha’s delivery.
6.$400 to open a hairdressing and Mpesa parlour.
I have done some google searching and found out that you can directly send money from any country to Kenyan mobile phone via an app called sendwave. My phone number is +254710835134.
Here is the sendwave link https://www.sendwave.com/countries/send-money-to-kenya
I love to see my wife come to a house with food when she delivers our child. you can reach me on my email thepatam@gmail.com.
Thank you , God bless you.
Patrick.
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SOS: Roof over my head Appeal |
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Posted by: liveaid42 - 09-08-2022, 01:40 PM - Forum: My Request for Help
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Hi I am John, a 52 year old Driver by profession. Fate has always had a way of throwing a wrench into the mix of life at the least expected time. My down hill journey started with the death of my 2 best friend due to complications of Covid-19.
I did not take their passing too well and fell into a bit of depression. The three musketeers, was now down to one. A thirty year old brotherhood extinguished in the blink of an eye. Getting old in several cases, comes with a creeping stage of loneliness, invisibility and societal discard most cant see exists until one turns 50 plus.
In the 15 months that followed the start of the pandemic I lived off my savings. Things seemed fine.
I guess was in the denial phase of living with grief. And the pressure of Covid. My depression got worse to the point, I had to be put on medication,and this is where my descent to destitution homelessness and poverty picked up speed. As a professionally driver, as is in most countries, we are legally required to disclose all medications and health conditions that could affect ability to drive socially and professionally. Especially professionally..
Once I made the call, I was notified in in writing in May this year that I could no longer drive professionally or socially for a 12 month period. Form that point life took a down hill turn fast. My lively-hood taken away in an instant. Driving professionally is all I have known. My saving was at that point depleted, my depression ever present and to make matters works I lost the roof over my head just like that. I've tried to find other work like cleaning, garbage collecting and drivers mate jobs, making money online with little success.
I really need help raising about £5000 in total to be able to get a roof over my head for 9 months, until next year, when I will get my professional drivers license entitlement back and live again.
This money will go towards renting a single room, food, public transport to continue to survive this momentary phase of life I find myself in. It's a lot to ask anyone especially complete strangers, but what is the alternative, not to ask and give up or surrender to the exit of this life.
Below is the secure ''cash app link'' where you can help me out with a monetary assistance. Putting either of the links in any browser will take you to my ''cash app'' donations page.
- https://cash.app/%C2%A3liveaid42
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2. cash.app/£liveaid42
Thank you for taking that time to hear me out.
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