Young Nigerian Lady Saves Poor Child From Street, Pays His School Fees, Feeds Family, Calls for More Support
- A Nigerian lady narrated how she helped a boy with a mentally unstable mother in 2021 with school fees and food items
- Before she met him, the boy was used to wearing torn clothes and footwear, a situation that changed with people's donations
- In 2022, the lady is appealing to Nigerians to come to the boy's aide as the grandmother who acts as his sole guardian is terribly sick
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A young Nigerian lady with the Twitter handle @EduEle5 has gone online to narrate how she was able to help a helpless boy through her charity organisation.
Called Evalsam, she said that the boy’s mother is mentally unstable, leaving his old grandma to parent him. When she met the kid, he had torn clothes and no school bags.
Source: Twitter
How kid and his grandmother were surviving
To make ends meet, Evalsam’s grandma works as a farm labourer. The kind lady said a man and his friend reached out to her when she posted about the kid.
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With the money gathered, she was able to get him new clothes and bags. Transformation photos shared showed the boy looking neat.
The food items they got
That was not all, she also got some foodstuff items like tubers of yam, bottles of palm oil, beans, garri, among others for his family. His school fees were also covered in 2021.
The lady, therefore, appealed to Nigerians to help the family more so that their standard of living can improve.
See her post below:
Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions to her post below:
@SAMUELIKOJO said:
"You are doing well dear. You don't have to risk your own life like you just did. You went too close, what if she harms you? A meter apart next time plssss."
@shez_chocolatey said:
"God bless you babe."
@OnasanyaG said:
"God bless you."
@Gochicc said:
"Well done."
@OkparaNnaJiAku said:
"God bless you."
@therealkaykerry said:
"Pls read this story and help this boy!"
Nigerian man adopts boy
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a young Nigerian man, Tunde Onakoya, and the convener of Chess in the Slum initiative came online to narrate how he helped a young boy off the street.
Tunde said he met the boy when he was picking scrap from the floor in a slum in Ikorodu. The child has been living with him ever since.
On Monday, January 10, the man shared a recent photo alongside his throwback snap to show that the boy has been enrolled in school.
Source: Legit.ng
