A distraught mother of a seven-year-old mentally and physically disabled girl from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape has made a desperate plea for a decent house suitable for her daughter’s needs.
Nomxolisi Maqutywa says her daughter also needs a wheelchair as she’s bedridden due to her disabilities.
“I stay at home, I cannot work because I look after her, I frequently take her to hospital. I applied for a wheelchair in 2018 because I could see that she was getting tired of sleeping but I didn’t get it, I applied again last year and we still did not get it, so I am asking for help to get it. The house I stay in is not mine and it’s raining and I cannot build one because I cannot work,” says Mother Nomxolisi Maqutywa.
“I’ve observed her situation for quite some time now and I’ve seen that there’s no improvement in the situation, no one is helping, and our leaders are failing. So I decided to take the matter to social media with the hopes that someone might be touched and donate anyhow. People did donate and those donations included food and clothes for the child, they did make a difference,” says Neighbour Zubenathi Mthwazi.
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