Since we were kids my brother Tommy has always been the most generous one. We grew up in a house of four boys initially with a single mum. I was the oldest and my brother Tommy came third. Fortunately a few years later our step father came into the picture and single handedly helped our mum raise us by working two jobs just to keep a roof over our heads.

Fast forward a few years I am now 27 and my brother is 23. He moved to interstate to finish his degree and train as a sprinter for the Commonwealth Games. Since arriving interstate Tommy came to learn that we had a little cousin just 16 years old who was homeless and living on the streets. Both her parents were addicted to heroin, she had no clothes, no food, no shelter, and was pregnant with a child. She had nowhere to go and no immediate family in the state apart from Tommy. She had also lived one of the most traumatic lives immaginable.

Without giving a second thought Tommy took her in and spent all his spare time working to get her clothes, medical needs and government assistance. At the age of just 23 tommy took in our little cousin and found them both a place to live that was safe and could house them both plus the new born baby. He did all of this whilst studying, training and working long hours to make ends meet.

A month ago our little cousin gave birth to a health baby boy and the first person he saw that cut the cord was my brother Tommy. So dedicated he was that he sat patiently in the emergency room finishing his University assignments while he waited for her to recover from the birth. As you can see by this picture mum and baby are perfectly healthy and happy and Tommy was there for the whole thing.

Any money raised would set Tommy up for this next chapter of his life. While most of his friends are out partying, socialising or having fun Tommy simply works, studies and takes care of our little cousin and her new baby boy. Anyone who has raised a kid knows how tough it can be but at the age of just 23 to look after an adopted 16 year old girl and a new born baby is beyond admirable and something that only a small handful of people could manage.

Tommy doesn't tell like to tell people this but every week he puts away a little bit of money for our cousin and her baby so that eventually she will have enough to live on her own and take care of them both.

I set this page up to give Tommy the kick start that he needs and to try and give this little baby boy the life that his mum never had. Tommy has stepped in and broken the cycle single handedly but the road ahead will be difficult emotionally and financially. If this campaign reaches its target all funds will go directly to Tommy enabling him to provide for himself, our little cousin and her baby.