52 Lives

#488 Dania

Request: Donations / Gifts / Kind Messages

This week, we’d like to help Dania and her husband, who sadly lost their youngest daughter a few weeks ago. It was a month before her second birthday.

She had been living with Mitochondrial disease since she was a baby, which caused her many serious health difficulties and disabilities, including blindness.

Dania was her full-time carer and spent a lot of time in hospitals and hospices with her. This put a lot of strain on the family, both financially and emotionally, and has left mum struggling with her mental health. Since her daughter passed away, she finds it hard to leave the house, but being at home is also painful for her.

Dania’s husband usually works in a café, but he took time off in the final weeks of his little girl’s life, and now he needs to be at home now to support Dania and their other children.

With the loss of his income and their carer’s benefits stopping, it has put them under a lot of financial strain.

We’d like to do something to help this family. We’d like to pay for some bills and groceries to take a bit of pressure off for a few months, and we’d also like to buy some outdoor play equipment for the children to keep them occupied and give their mum a bit of a rest.

They have also been wanting to create a little space in their garden with a tree in memory of their sister, which we’d also like to pay for.

What We Need

1. Donations: We'll use 100% your donations to help this family. You can donate online or by text using the details below.

2. Gifts from a wishlist: We've set up a wishlist with a couple things for the home and some garden games and toys for the children. To buy something from the list, just add it to your basket and choose the 'gift registry address' when you check out. 

3. Kind Messages: To send a kind message for the family, just write a message in the form below (your contact details won't be passed on), or you can post a message to: 52 Lives, Life # 488, PO Box 3154, Reading, RG1 9AT.

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What We Did

This little girl sadly lost her baby sister last month. The family support worker said this swing you bought for her is 'her new happy place'. Her mum was already struggling with her mental health before the loss of her daughter. The last few weeks have been incredibly tough.

"For Dania, being able to get the kids out into the garden when she hasn't been feeling strong enough to take them out has been a life saver for her. She used the words 'we would never have dreamed of this'. Your support is already having a massive impact on this family."

You provided a swing, trampoline and some garden games for the children. You also sent gift cards, made donations to take some financial pressure off and bought some things they needed for the home.

It has shone a little bit of light into their family during a really dark time. Thank you so much for being so kind to them.