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Saying goodbye to Mere - help with funeral expenses
After the sudden passing of Mere, the family is asking for help with the funeral home and burial costs.
🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand3,026 views
Mere, my mother, passed away on 20 September after a stroke. She was 27 years old. She was the heart of our family and had no savings or life insurance.
The funeral home has given us a quote of $4,700 and the cemetery needs payment before the burial date of 26 September.
I have already used what I had for the hospital bills. My family is scattered, and many of us are out of work. We want Mere to have a dignified farewell.
Any help at all means a lot, and so do your prayers.
Anything left over after the funeral will be donated to a local food bank.
Where the $4,700 goes:
• Funeral home services and casket: $2,300
• Cemetery plot and burial fees: $1,600
• Transport of the deceased: $400
• Memorial gathering for the family: $400
Thanks for reading all this.
Updates from Charlotte
Small update. $1,875 so far, the first invoice got paid this week.
- Daniel Kobina Nkrumah 🇬🇭 · $30
“Every little bit - Takoradi”
- Collins Hamisi Kyagulanyi 🇰🇪 · $20
- Henri Renaud 🇫🇷 · $100
- Jorge Bruno Santos 🇧🇷 · $25
“From my family to yours. Hope the November deadline works out. - Santos”
- Naliaka Mary Maina 🇰🇪 · $100
- Zoya Halyna Savchenko 🇷🇺 · $5
“Thinking of you. Thought of Charlotte all day after reading this. - Moscow”
- Ayesha Zardari 🇵🇰 · $50
- Anonymous 🇿🇦 · $20
“All the best. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Soweto”
- Jerome F. Tomas 🇵🇭 · $10
- Nathalie Menard 🇫🇷 · $26
“Good luck. Small amount but sent with love. - Saint-Denis”
- Josiah Ayala 🇬🇧 · $50
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“Wish I could do more. Only $75 but hope it helps. - Johannesburg”
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- Chidinma Lilian Aliyu 🇳🇬 · $25
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $10
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“Get well soon. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Comilla”
- Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $50
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- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $30
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I hope things turn around soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Kitakyushu.
Hope it all works out, Charlotte. Shared this with my family. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Caloocan.
Keep going, Charlotte. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Hồ Chí Minh City.
keep going. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't be hard on yourself for asking!
Thinking of you and your family, Charlotte. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Wish I lived closer to Ciudad de México so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Auckland.
Keep going, Charlotte. This could happen to any of us.
Thinking of you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. God bless!
Stay strong, Charlotte. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Auckland
So sorry you're going through this, Charlotte. This could happen to any of us. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected