Olorunfunmi Adebajo, a graduate of Educational
Administration and Planning from University of Lagos,wrote this inspiring story
on her Facebook page on October 21. The post so far shared over 2,014 times and
garnered 154 Likes and 73 comments!
It read thus:
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.
To the glory
of God, Gbolahan has been clean in the past three weeks. Now he converses
coherently and does not stagger anymore, his eyeballs are clear...The whole of
ire-akari road is amazed.
He still needs bedding, clothes, money for feeding etc.
He still needs bedding, clothes, money for feeding etc.
I'm grateful
to God for the privilege to serve humanity but I'LL BE NEEDING PROFESSIONAL
REHABILITATION for my elder brother Gbolahan, I WOULD BE GLAD IF ANYONE CAN
HELP ME OUT. That would be the best birthday gift ever.
Any
recommendations please?
It's my
birthday and God is teaching me to love without expecting anything in return.
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