Loss of beloved ones is grieving, but the hardest is to keep the rest of your family alive in hard conditions for survival. When my first wife passed away many years ago, I remarried and brought a new woman home to share my responsibilities.  God blessed me with a large family. Sadly, my sorrow renewed again when I also lost one of my daughters. Today I have 13 living children. The older children got married while the youngest ones are all school-aged and under my care. 

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I had knee surgery ten years ago. Unfortunately, the operation wasn’t successful and the inserted metal brought me complications. I became unable to walk more than 2 meters without assistance. I am a retired teacher. Because of my retirement and disease, I became unable to earn a living for my family. My family tries to do simple activities to help to gain money. My wife sells some cooked cow head at home, and the older sons do home farming. Despite our efforts, the money is very little and after buying house essentials it is almost totally consumed. There is not even enough to secure school fees for the children. 

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In addition to that, we live in an unsafe region with active rebel groups. This is a constant source of threats to our lives as they spread fear and threaten the sources of income in the region. 

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The support we received from The Africa In Me was tremendously generous. It is great when someone whom you thought of as a stranger knocks on your door and offers you a hand.  I am very thankful they have donated us food and clothes and assisted in school fees for the children. I hope this help would open more ways for others to experience the blessing of unconditional giving.