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A young mother appeals for security and stability
A life overwhelmed by abuse, coupled with unemployment, has left a young mother hoping to not only find refuge for herself and four-year-old son but also employment if they are to survive at least over the next few months.
The 34-year-old woman, who requested anonymity, related a distressing tale of her life experience and claims that she simply is desirous of having a decent life where she could be able to ensure that her son is able to eat properly and attend school regularly.
A young child in need of stability
Her son is currently attending a nursery school but due to her circumstances she said that she is unable to send him every day. “I just can’t afford to send him to school every day…I don’t have work and his father doesn’t support us anymore,” the distraught woman revealed.
She disclosed that despite the abusive nature of her child’s father over the past few years she was determined to maintain an amicable relationship so as to ensure that the child was taken care of. However, she insisted, yesterday that “I just can’t tek it anymore…”
She explained that paternal support for her son was halted after she sought to resist the abusive hand of the man. The lack of support soon saw her being forced to vacate an apartment which she was able to rent on the West Coast of Demerara. She accepted lodging at some friends in order to secure herself from the brutal hands of her child’s father, but revealed yesterday that she might have overstayed her welcome.
“I know I couldn’t stay with them forever…they were kind enough to take me and my son for the past few months but I really need a place to stay and be able to take care of my son too,” the woman noted.
She claims that she has since visited the Ministry of Human Services which has been providing her with monthly public assistance to the tune of $5,500. However, the small sum has proven to be insufficient to cater to the needs of both herself and son. She said too that she has been trying to seek refuge at a shelter but was told that the service was not available to her but mainly for sick persons or those from interior locations.
It is for this reason the woman said that she is appealing to the public not just for handouts but rather for employment so that she could become self-sufficient.
“I would prefer if somebody could offer me a live-in work for now where I can keep my son…I am hard working and I could wash and clean…I am very desperate for work,” the woman related as tears welled in her eyes.
Director of the Child Protection Agency, Ann Greene in an invited comment yesterday, acknowledged that her organization has been rendering some support to the woman with efforts made time and again to find employment for her.
“We have been giving her support… I have even taken money out of my pocket to help this lady…we have even been providing her with clothes for her son to attend school,” Greene disclosed.
She too is of the first belief that the woman should not be surviving on handouts as was customary in the past but rather steady employment.
And should a job be available to this young woman she can be contacted on 614-6735.
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