Hello everyone,

My name is Haddy and I’m a single parent living in The Gambia. I was living with my mum until she passed away in 2022 leaving behind myself and my four siblings. My mum was severely ill for a long time, she was always complaining of severe pressure and burning sensation in her heart. There were days where she would pass out from having breathing difficulties and stabbing pains and tightness in her chest.

My siblings and I are all she had and we did everything but could not afford the ongoing hospital treatment and after months of severe pain and suffering unfortunately her heart couldn’t take it and passed away. My mum had a soul of an angel and she was always quick to help other people, my life was definitely a lot better with my mum around.

A couple of months before my mum passed, she rescued a baby from the streets, she was walking and could hear a baby crying, the babies mum just dumped the baby in a box like rubbish. My mum knew the babies mother and tried many times to talk to her but the mother was a drug addict and didn’t want or care about the baby, so rather than my mum leave the baby on the street to die she decided to take the baby as her own child and bring it up.

A few months later my mum passed away and since I’m the oldest of my siblings responsibility of the family has fallen on me including the brining up of the baby. Ever since my mum passed away life has been extremely difficult for me as I have my own daughter to raise as well she is 7 years old now.

Mr T started helping my mum a long time ago back in 2013 when I was just a little girl, and I know my mum kept in contact with him all this time as Mr T helped my mum to open her shop in 2018 but she lost contact with him sometime during the covid when she fell sick. I was desperate to talk to Mr T to help my mum but by the time I found he’s number it was to late and my mum was very sick and pass away soon after I made contact.

Since then Mr T as tried to help me and my family and I thank God for him, The children are in school but their schooling is on and off as I can’t afford to send them all the time. It’s hard for me because my brother born after me couldn’t bare our situation with all the struggling so he decided to use the BACK WAY to get into Europe using the boats just so he can find work and hopefully help the family.

But it’s been almost a year now since he left and he still as not reached he’s destination, right now he’s stuck in Algeria at the border trying to get into Morocco, he is stuck there until he can find the rest of the money to pay his agent and I really can’t help him right now as I’m struggling myself trying to look after the rest of the family.

The little baby is now 2 years old and it’s getting harder for me as the kids are all getting older, I’m really suffering and asking for help. If there’s anyone that can help me so that I can take care of the children God will bless you because I am really tied up in this situation it has been very very hard for me these past few years.

Mr T has been giving me some money to help me start a little clothes selling business which I sell from the street but one day I would really like to open my own shop selling clothes and doing make up and beauty treatments, but at the moment I would really like help with the children schooling, because without education you don’t have a good future and that as always been my problem not having much education so I want to do better for my children, so please if there’s any body out there willing to help me I would be truly grateful, God Bless you and Thank you.

Once again thank you Mr T and The Beryl and Winford manning foundation

Thank you all for your support and generosity.