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Oluwaseun served twelve years; now needs help to get home

A marines veteran in Ikeja needs help with a first month of rent and transport to job interviews after leaving service with a traumatic brain injury.

🇳🇬 Lagos, Nigeria1,418 views
Oluwaseun Folake Anyanwu
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Ikeja
Seyi served twelve years in the marines and was discharged in 2025 with a traumatic brain injury. He has been waiting eleven months for support, and meanwhile is sleeping at a brother's place. The plan: a first month of rent and transport to job interviews. The quote comes to $700. Seyi is receiving counseling through the veterans' clinic and is committed to recovery. Structure and a stable place to live are the missing pieces. Money will be paid to the training provider and the landlord directly. Where the $700 goes: • Training provider fees: $390 • Housing deposit and first month: $190 • Transport to appointments: $35 • Essential household items: $85 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
#veterans#service#recovery

Updates from Oluwaseun

  1. Quick update: $448 raised so far (64%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 55% funded and I made the first payment toward training provider fees.

  3. Small update. $30 so far, the plan for housing deposit and first month is now scheduled.

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  • Halima Wanjiru Kiptoo 🇰🇪 · $29

    “All the best. Thought of Seyi all day after reading this. - Nairobi”

  • Kirit D. Mehta 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Rose Rivera 🇵🇭 · $5
  • Dayo Chidi Mba 🇳🇬 · $35
  • Vera Sofia Gusev 🇩🇪 · $13

    “From my family to yours. Hope the August deadline works out. - Regensburg”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $5
  • Jocelyn M. Quizon 🇨🇦 · $10
  • Emma Océane Julien 🇫🇷 · $15
  • Aaliyah J. Thornton 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Márcio Márcio Paiva 🇧🇷 · $5
  • Sharmin Rina Begum 🇧🇩 · $250
  • Soledad W. Reyes 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Oksana Zoya Havrylenko 🇷🇺 · $75
  • Laura L. Mora 🇲🇽 · $10
  • Fadi Ibrahim Ibrahim 🇸🇦 · $10
  • James T. McBride 🇺🇸 · $10

    “You got this. Been where you are, it gets better. - Pittsburgh”

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  • Asma Dina Khalil

    Stay strong. This could happen to any of us. Put this on a community board in Granada this morning. Thinking of Ikeja.

    • Inés L. Ríos

      Thinking of you and your family. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Padua.

      • Beatriz N. EscobarPhoto verified

        Sending strength, Oluwaseun. This could happen to any of us. All the best

        • Rasha Hegazy

          Rooting for you, Oluwaseun. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. God bless.

          • Reagan T. Wood

            hope it all works out. Hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Gujranwala.

            • Abigail D. Bates

              Hope it all works out, Oluwaseun. Your post was clear and honest. All the best.

              • Revathi K. PillaiID verified

                praying for you, Oluwaseun. Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Newcastle upon Tyne this morning. Thinking of Ikeja.

                $537 raised of $700

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