My name is Dinesh and I live in Sri Lanka. I work in the tourism Industry as a chauffeur. I got married in March 2015. After the marriage, I came to my parent’s house with my wife. A few days later we both had to leave from my parents house due to the changes that happened to us which were not expected. So, We didn’t have a permanent house to go to, we had to rent out a small house with a room and kitchen that had very limited facilities and space. Due to the fact that the house was located near a railway track and had a very noisy environment, we managed to live in that house.
Our first child came to my wife’s womb a few months later. I had to keep my wife at her mothers house as the environment was not suitable for her during the period of pregnancy. But the problem I faced was that there wasn’t enough space in that house for me to stay with her. Although I looked for a rental house where there is a suitable environment for both of us to live together. But I couldn’t find the place according to my budget where I could bear the cost with our economic level. So I left her with her mother and went back to my parents house reluctantly. That was the only thing we both had to do.
From the time my daughter was conceived in my wifes womb to about a year after the daughter was born, we both had to live separately in two places. Therefore,everyday I traveled about 40 km from my place in the morning and evening to her place to check her needs and wants. During those times,No matter how sad I felt,I didn’t show it to her and tried to keep her as happy as possible.
I was trying to build my financial stability but I couldn’t afford to buy or rent a house at that time therefore I had to keep my child and wife with her mothers until I got stability. but since i couldn’t bear to keep them like that anymore. In 2017 I rented a house in a suitable environment for my daughter to live. Then again we could start to live together as a family.
Middle of February 2019,our second child was born in my wife’s womb. Having another child at that time was a great challenge and a happy thing for us as well after we passed over many difficulties and troubles.
Before two years had passed Sri Lanka was bomb attacked in several places by extremists named Saharan on Easter Sunday April 21,2019. Due to this, a state of emergency was imposed in the country. Tourists felt that there was a clear lack of security in Sri Lanka and the arrival of tourists dropped rapidly. This unexpected situation happened in the country, because of that I lost my job at the crucial stage of my wifes getting ready to deliver our second child at the end of the same year. After that, the economy of the country had fallen from time to time for about four months. Having a pregnant wife and two years old daughter I couldn’t properly provide them with the food and drinks they needed. As a result, financial stability which was slowly built in the midst of difficulties suddenly fell to a very low level and also due to this incident we were unable to pay the rent on time as we had started living in a rented house. After about 4 months later the country returned to a certain level of normality and some foreigners started to visit,although the tourism was not as usual. I had to spend almost 5 months without any job.
19th November 2019,She gave birth to our second child amid many troubles and obstacles and somehow I managed to bear all the problems. I thought that the future will be better for us. But before three months passed, worse time came again. At the middle of March 2020 the country was in lockdown due to the Covid-19 virus which was a Global epidemic. At the same time the tourism industry fell into an unimaginable abyss.The second time I lost my job again, because of an unexpected situation that occurred in Globally.I waited for about a year but it seemed that the pandemic situation wasn’t going to end-up.
It became very difficult to bear the expenses of two children, pay the rent of the house and the finance of the vehicle.For about three years I lost my profession and in the meantime my savings started to run out so I had to sell the only vehicle that I used for tourism because I couldn’t pay leasing for my vehicle. Fulfilling the needs of the house were the main problems that put me in a lot of trouble during the pandemic periode. There were many days when both my wife and I ate only one meal a day. No matter how difficult it was, every time we tried to fulfill our two kids’ needs and wants to the best of our ability, sometimes I had to sell some of my wife’s jewelry as well.In the midst of unbearable difficulties and pains I had to spend about three years. At the end of 2022, the world slowly started to recover again and the tourism industry of my country started to rise slowly from a deep depression.
Since 2017, we have been living in a rented house with our kids and now we have to move out of that house. From the end of 2022 I started working in the tourism industry again and I hope to use all the money I have saved to buy a house for my family to live without any fear in future. Unfortunately, there is a shortfall in the amount of money I have to buy the house I want to buy. The owner of that house is asking for an amount of US $ 43,000/- (LKR 12,900,000/=)to sell the house. I have a shortfall of $ 16,000/- for that amount.
I am loving seeking your kind support from all of you who can help us to make my kids’ dream of owning a home come true.
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