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Barasa wants to stay at home - help fund four months of care
Help Barasa stay in his own home with four months of part-time care.
🇰🇪 Embakasi, Nairobi, Kenya814 views
I'm caring for me, who's 78. After a diagnosis of dementia Barasa can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Barasa desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 50 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
Barasa worked all of his life as a schoolteacher, and raised 5 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for four months will make a huge difference.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $600 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $300
• Medication and prescriptions: $145
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $70
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $85
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
Updates from Barasa
Thank you all. We're at 73% now ($438). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
Quick update: $48 raised so far (8%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Swapna B. Ranade 🇮🇳 · $10
- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $15
- Alberto Michele Pagano 🇮🇹 · $123
- Hala Bakr 🇲🇦 · $50
“God bless. Thought of Barasa all day after reading this.”
- Zubair Arslan Ahmed 🇵🇰 · $5
- Murilo Joaquim Prado 🇧🇷 · $200
“Good luck. Thought of Barasa all day after reading this.”
- Amber S. Herrera 🇺🇸 · $10
- Jabu P. Mokoena 🇿🇦 · $50
- Lệ Như Lam 🇻🇳 · $100
- Alexander D. Washington 🇺🇸 · $20
- Jade Leonard 🇬🇧 · $10
- Isaiah Freeman 🇺🇸 · $25
“You got this. Thought of Barasa all day after reading this. - San Jose”
- Zahra Iman Ibrahim 🇪🇬 · $7.50
- Isla J. Gibson 🇺🇸 · $5
“Thought of Barasa all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”
- Viktor Maksym Grigoriev 🇷🇺 · $10
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So sorry you're going through this. Shared this with my family. I'm in teaching myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Greetings from Envigado.
wishing you peace. Get well soon. Love from Bekasi.