Bad news travels fast but it is so great to share good news.
A young Nigerian woman’s unplanned act of kindness has gone viral. This week, Olorunfunmi A shared the story and photos of how she helped change an alcoholic’s life on her Facebook page;
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So
on one of those days I hung my head and claimed life had ended for me, I
walked past Gbolahan. He lives right across my house and was in class
with one of my elder ones. I heard he was very brilliant but I’ve known
him to be a chronic drunk for at least 15 years…His case was worse than a
mad man. He’d drink ‘ogogoro’ all day, get beaten up and slapped by
passersby, get hit by vehicles and then walk/shout all over the street
all night. He barely slept and on the days he did, he would sleep in any
‘maruwa’ he finds parked behind my house. He practically had no life
outside his bottle of gin.
God
laid it on my heart to talk to him and I was surprised that he
listened. I’ve paid a nearby ‘buka’ to have him fed twice a day, bought
him a sponge, soap and toothbrush. Went to check on him every morning
and evening, drove him to church in my car, gave him some place to sleep
and found him something to do. I dont want him to be dependent o me so i
handed him over to someone else to teach him personal hygiene and a bit
of social skills.
