When I was six years old I saw kids beaten in school to a pulp just because they did not have a rubber or a pencil- sometimes the whole classroom was punished. By this i mean taken outside and with a rubber lash kids would be beaten until they bleed. I was never beaten because the teachers scorned me that I was too skinny, that if they even slapped me, they said I would simply die, because I was skinny. This is when I promised myself that when I grow up and have a child I would not raise my child in Africa. I was terrified. I am a musician. I did grow and got married and had a son. My husband and I decided to help raise young men from poor families and train them to be good citizens. We did this from our own savings. I was married in a very difficult extended family and life became unbearable. The missionaries I served through my singing as a fund-raiser advised me to move away. Here in the U.K. I was fortunate to raise and school my son. Our life took a turning which left us very sad and desperate. My husband who still lived in Kenya, and had always “one more thing to do” before he came to join us – passed on with aids. Luckily I was living away from him for 10 years. i had left on time. I continued to send funds to help families I knew through the Churches I served because I was very passionate concerning this call that I felt I had. I helped pay school fees for children, and sent funds for various helps. What people did not know is that I had no money… nor a home, I just lived with friends. My son has grown to a wonderful young man and together we would talk and this is when he opened up a recording studio here in Bath. This is mainly just a project and those who have loved him occasionally pay a small sum to have their music recorded. He is amazing. We stay with a very good friend, but he is getting older and often times we are afraid we might not make the rent because this keeps going up! In the meantime, we have been through meningitis (my son), pneumonia (my friend) and Covid. I am by nature an interior/exterior/designer/ landscaper who loves to help do anything to make people happy as I recreate their homes. Both my son and I love working. I wonder whether there is someone out there who has an abandoned home which they do not need. /965I know we can create a home even without anything because we are not afraid of work. Having a home will help us have a proper base to live and promote those children in Africa who are suffering. Thank you.