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Dignity in old age: caring for Yeshi

Yeshi cannot afford the care She needs after worsening Parkinson's disease; we are asking for $500.

🇪🇹 Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia982 views
Bereket Getachew Mekonnen
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Adama
I'm caring for my mother, who's 83. After worsening Parkinson's disease Yeshi can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Yeshi desperately wants to stay at home. I work 25 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer. Yeshi worked all of her life as a factory worker, and raised 4 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 $500 goes: • Part-time carer (six months): $340 • Medication and prescriptions: $70 • Hospital bed and mattress rental: $35 • Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $55 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
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Updates from Bereket

  1. Quick update: $264 raised so far (53%). the plan for hospital bed and mattress rental is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. We're at 38% thanks to 5 of you. the plan for hospital bed and mattress rental is now scheduled. More news soon.

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  • Nonso Okechukwu Nwosu 🇳🇬 · $46.50

    “Thought of Yeshi all day after reading this.”

  • Trupti W. Shah 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Hülya Esra Sarı 🇩🇪 · $10

    “Rooting for you. I'm in Munich, thinking of you. - Munich”

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  • Liza W. Velasco 🇵🇭 · $5
  • Landon Kendrick 🇺🇸 · $100

    “Sending love. Hope you get the rest soon. - Tampa”

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    “Hope the April deadline works out. - Chennai”

  • Lilian Faith Kamau 🇰🇪 · $100

    “From my family to yours. I'm in Kikuyu, thinking of you.”

  • Gianna M. Aguilar 🇵🇭 · $25
  • Beau L. Molina 🇨🇦 · $15
  • Ishrat Taslima Miah 🇧🇩 · $15
  • Aishwarya L. Kulkarni 🇮🇳 · $36.50

    “Thought of Yeshi all day after reading this. - Nagpur”

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  • Nadav Shai Rosenberg

    Sending love. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Take care

    • Abdullah Hussein Radwan

      Thinking of you and your family. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. After 29 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

      • Anton Mykola Grigoriev

        Good luck, Bereket. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Adama

        • Roberto G. Mora

          wishing you peace, Bereket. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Riverside.

          • Jepkoech Nakato Mukasa

            Hope things get better soon. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Johannesburg

            $570 raised of $500

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