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Kipchoge served eight years; now needs help to get home

A marines veteran in Likoni needs help with a trained service dog and handler course after leaving service with post-traumatic stress.

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Kipchoge Musyoka Mollel
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Likoni
Mercy served eight years in the marines and was discharged in 2023 with post-traumatic stress. She has been waiting fourteen months for support, and meanwhile is sleeping at a brother's place. The plan: a trained service dog and handler course. The quote comes to $950. Mercy is receiving counseling through the veterans' clinic and is committed to recovery. Structure and a stable place to live are the missing pieces. I'll post invoices, with personal details hidden. Where the $950 goes: • Training provider fees: $460 • Housing deposit and first month: $310 • Transport to appointments: $90 • Essential household items: $90 Thanks for being kind about this. - Kipchoge
#veterans#service#recovery

Updates from Kipchoge

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($258 in total) I made the first payment toward training provider fees. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 24% now ($233). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  3. 13% there. I met with the provider and confirmed the amounts. Thank you.

Donations

RecentTop gifts
  • Roberto T. Castro 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Daniel Edson Gomes 🇧🇷 · $10
  • Paul Maina Ouma 🇹🇿 · $25
  • Lata H. Gupta 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Muhammad Galih Maulana 🇮🇩 · $10

    “Thinking of you. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Kediri”

  • Thandi H. Isaacs 🇿🇦 · $100
  • Yusuke Kobayashi 🇯🇵 · $100
  • Anthony B. Burton 🇬🇧 · $78
  • Kieran N. O'Doherty 🇮🇪 · $50
  • Sowmya J. Pai 🇮🇳 · $50
  • Mazen Adel Ghanem 🇬🇧 · $25

    “Thought of Mercy all day after reading this. - Manchester”

  • Alp Efe Aksoy 🇹🇷 · $25
  • Bram Meijers 🇳🇱 · $10

    “Thinking of you. Small amount but sent with love. - Nijmegen”

  • Alice Émilie Nguyen 🇫🇷 · $10

    “Rooting for you. My father told me about this one. - Saint-Étienne”

  • Sabina Rita Joshi 🇳🇵 · $5
  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20

    “From my family to yours. Thought of Mercy all day after reading this. - San Antonio”

  • Willow L. Figueroa 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Larissa Aparecida Barbosa 🇧🇷 · $20
  • Consuelo R. Rangel 🇺🇸 · $12.50

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  • Víctor N. Zamora

    Wishing you peace, Kipchoge. Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Bellevue this morning. Blessings.

    • Saki Fujii

      Best of luck. Shared this with my family. After 30 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care.

      • Chalerm Vichai PanyarachunAddress verified

        Sending good thoughts, Kipchoge. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Cincinnati.

        $790.50 raised of $950

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