Kind-Hearted Woman Rescues Family With Two Mentally Challenged Kids, Builds A House For Them

• Olive Gitonga, inspired by a radio show, helped a desolate woman, Rose Karimi, and her mentally challenged daughters by building a home for them
• The woman was chased away from her home with her mentally challenged kids and later found hope through Olive's efforts to build them a new home
• Despite challenges, Olive's determination shines as she leads a group in raising funds to complete a house for Rose Karimi and her daughters; she only needs KSh 50, 000 to complete it

Embu-One fine evening, Olive Gitonga was listening to a radio show, and the presenter informed his audience of a sad case where a woman had been chased from her homestead with her mentally challenged kids.

Olive followed up on the issue and finally met 60-year-old Rose Karimi, who was left desolate with her two mentally challenged daughters at the Boma Hotel area in Kavutiri.

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"To make the matter worse, someone took advantage of one of Karimi's daughters and she delivered a child who is physically challenged," Olive told TUKO.co.ke in an interview.

"Their roots are from Kathageri and her husband kicked her out because he couldn't believe that he could sire mentally challenged kids," said the Embu county resident.

Olive also established that the four needed to clear house rent in 6-months arrears.

Landlord wants to throw Karimi out

"The landlord was threatening to lock them out, I started a group to help raise funds for building them a house," she explained.

"Building was a better long-term solution and giving their mother something or getting a place for her to work to feed the girls would also go a long way. At 60, Karimi is, however, too old to go to menial jobs," she opined.

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Olive started building the house with the money she got from the group, and it was almost done when she ran out of cash.

"We only need KSh 50,000 (GH¢3,994.65) to complete the house. These kids will have a place to call home and at least a place where they can come out of the house; they can't do so at their current home and their mother has to lock them inside every time," she said.

Disabled woman gets help

In another story, YEN.com.gh reported that a physically challenged Ghanaian widow, identified only as Beatrice, received keys to her own house thanks to the philanthropist Etwereso Mabaawa Hemaa.

The 38-year-old widow, who recently lost his son, garnered attention after the philanthropist posted about her plight on social media.

Source: TUKO.co.ke