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Yakubu served fourteen years; now needs help to get home
Yakubu served fourteen years in the navy; $500 would cover a trained service dog and handler course.
🇳🇬 Anambra, Nigeria760 views
I served fourteen years in the navy and was discharged in 2024 with hearing damage and PTSD. I have been waiting fourteen months for support, and meanwhile I'm sleeping at my brother's place.
I have a plan: a trained service dog and handler course. The quote I have comes to $500.
I'm receiving counseling through the veterans' clinic and am committed to my recovery. Structure and a stable place to live are the missing pieces.
I'd be grateful for any help and will share updates on how I'm doing.
I'll post invoices, with personal details hidden.
Where the $500 goes:
• Essential household items: $80
• Training provider fees: $260
• Housing deposit and first month: $160
If you're reading this, thank you.
Updates from Yakubu
Good news. Because of your gifts ($102 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Adhiambo Muthoni Waweru 🇰🇪 · $52.50
- Satria Galih Saputra 🇮🇩 · $50
“Wish I could do more. Thought of Yakubu all day after reading this. - Bandung”
- Axel Haynes 🇬🇧 · $30
“God bless. Thought of Yakubu all day after reading this. - Birmingham”
- Rakib Hossain Sikder 🇧🇩 · $25
“All the best. Been where you're, it gets better. - Cox's Bazar”
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $25
- Alicja Dąbrowski 🇵🇱 · $24
- Mauricio W. Valdez 🇪🇸 · $20
“Wishing you the best. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Seville”
- Omar Hamdan 🇨🇦 · $15
- Simone Dario Santoro 🇮🇹 · $5
“Wish I could do more. Thought of Yakubu all day after reading this. - Verona”
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Praying for you. Your post was clear and honest. Love from Pune.
Sending good thoughts. Shared it with a few friends. I'll check back for the next update. Thinking of Awka.
wishing you the best, Yakubu. Your post was clear and honest
Thanks for sharing this, Yakubu. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Oaxaca de Juárez.