{"id":44105,"date":"2022-07-15T04:35:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T04:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/07\/15\/mother-pleads-for-help-after-shack-fire-heartbreak-the-namibian\/"},"modified":"2022-07-15T04:35:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T04:35:58","slug":"mother-pleads-for-help-after-shack-fire-heartbreak-the-namibian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/07\/15\/mother-pleads-for-help-after-shack-fire-heartbreak-the-namibian\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother pleads for help after shack fire heartbreak – The Namibian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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PAULINE Ndjamba (41) appeals to good Samaritans for assistance in purchasing school uniforms to her two teenage sons.<\/b><\/p>\n

Ndjamba, on the other hand, is preparing her children for school. Opening day is near. <\/p>\n

With tears running down her face, Ndjamba recounts her reaction after receiving what she describes as a \u201cnightmare call\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI received a call from my neighbour while I was at Stop ‘n Shop to buy maize meal with my youngest son and baby,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

Ndjamba claims that she ran home immediately to put out the flames, but it was too late.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in so much confusion and shock, seeing so much fire and so many people with buckets and basins of water trying to douse the fire, and I fainted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was rushed to Katutura hospital, where I was treated for a few hours. Upon my return home, I was hoping it was just a dream,\u201d Ndjamba said.<\/p>\n

In a quavering voice, Ndjamba said: \u201cWith everything I lost, starting over is impossible because it took so much hard work and so many years to build the shack into a home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mother of four now lives in a neighbor’s shack, while her children live with another neighbour. She says she is in unimaginable pain and would like to get help building another shack. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are a big family and settling in one house is a burden to the host, so we are scattered.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy everyday concern is what they are eating for the day and whether they are having enough, because I’m unemployed. So is their father who was a taxi driver,\u201d Ndjamba said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan someone please help us get a CJ Brandt school uniform for my 18-year-old son and a Bunya Combined School uniform for my 15-year-old son in Kavango East,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Ndjamba said that her husband, who was a taxi cab driver, was in an accident earlier this year. The vehicle could not be fixed and he lost his job.<\/p>\n

Fidel Mutambo’s cousin Ndjamba says she needs help because the fire has not been extinguished.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything of hers burnt to ashes and she is, therefore, pleading for help from whoever can assist her in whatever way,\u201d said Mutambo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: namibian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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