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Care for Amaka, 79: help cover a carer and medication in Ikeja
Help Amaka stay in her own home with eight months of part-time care.
🇳🇬 Lagos, Nigeria619 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 79. After the death of her spouse Amaka can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Amaka desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 50 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Amaka worked all of her life as a bus driver, and raised 5 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for eight months will make a huge difference.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $650 goes:
• Part-time carer (eight months): $440
• Medication and prescriptions: $95
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $55
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $60
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
- Funmilayo
Updates from Funmilayo
Small update. $112 so far, we've started the first stage. - Funmilayo
Update from Ikeja: I made the first payment toward mobility aids and bathroom adaptations. We're at 36% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Tejal M. Gandhi 🇮🇳 · $100
“Every little bit. Thought of Amaka all day after reading this.”
- Anjali Renu Sherpa 🇳🇵 · $87
“Happy to help. Only $87 but hope it helps. - Lalitpur”
- Mackenzie A. Contreras 🇬🇧 · $25
“Good luck. Shared with friends too. - Nottingham”
- Trisha Hernandez 🇺🇸 · $25
“You got this. Thought of Amaka all day after reading this.”
- Shoaib Kamran Chaudhry 🇵🇰 · $5
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