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Companionship wanted: Liya's knitting and a cup of tea
Looking for a friendly person in Addis Ababa to visit Liya once a week.
🇪🇹 1007, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia1,114 views
I'm writing for my neighbor Liya, who's 82. Liya lives alone in Addis Ababa, and lost a sister last year. The nearest family lives several hours away.
Liya loves knitting, and would enjoy someone to chat with. An hour a week, perhaps on Friday afternoon, would mean the world. We can also arrange a phone call if you can't visit in person.
All visitors will be introduced by me and I'll be there at the first meeting. I'll share references and, if you'd like, a short orientation from the local befriending charity.
No special skills are needed - just kindness and patience.
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
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- 1 hour a week
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- In person in Addis Ababa
- skills
- kindness, patience
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People who offered to help
- Miles N. Jenkins 🇨🇦 Accepted
I live about 12 km from Addis Ababa. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need!
- Emma Fournier 🇨🇦
I live about 14 km from Addis Ababa. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need
- Maryam Sana Raza 🇵🇰
I live about 7 km from Addis Ababa. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need
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You're not alone, Meseret. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Blessings.
good luck, Meseret. Your post was clear and honest. Take care
Wishing you the best, Meseret. It takes guts to ask. Well done. All the best.
Hang in there, Meseret. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day
Thanks for sharing this, Meseret. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Port Harcourt
So sorry you're going through this, Meseret. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Greetings from Metz.
Hope the doctors have good news. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
thinking of you and your family. This could happen to any of us. Take care.
Hope things get better soon. Shared it with a few friends. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Addis Ababa.
Praying for you, Meseret. Hope the doctors have good news. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Blessings
Wishing Liya a smooth procedure and a full recovery. I have a 8 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of Addis Ababa.
Sending love, Meseret. Shared this with my family. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. God bless
Hope it all works out, Meseret. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest.
Hope things get better soon, Meseret. Gave what I could, wish it was more. God bless
Thinking of you, Meseret. Get well soon. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.
Thinking of you and your family, Meseret. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
keep going. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Thinking of Addis Ababa.
stay strong, Meseret. I hope things turn around soon. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. God bless.
sending good thoughts. Hope you get there. I have a 14 year old who wants to send good wishes too. God bless
Wishing Liya a smooth procedure and a full recovery. My husband and I read this together.
Thinking of you and your family, Meseret. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
thinking of you, Meseret. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier
Gave what I could, wish it was more. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. All the best
Wishing you peace. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. I'm in public service myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. All the best