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Dignity in old age: caring for Wafula
Help Wafula stay in his own home with six months of part-time care.
🇰🇪 Naivasha, Nakuru, KenyaPosted Sep 14, 20261,257 views
I'm caring for me, who's 84. After a stroke last August Wafula can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Wafula 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.
Wafula worked all of his life as a bus driver, and raised 2 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for six months will make a huge difference.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $700 goes:
• Part-time carer (six months): $550
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $120
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $30
Thank you for reading my story.
- Wafula
Updates from Wafula
Quick update: $432 raised so far (62%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Ximena Escobar 🇪🇸 · $20 · 7h ago
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I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care