For Eliyah's girls: Lia & Naya

Hi, my name is Naomi. My little brother Eliyah took his own life 7 days ago. He was only 34. This fundraiser is to help his little girls.

Some of you may have seen the post I wrote about Eliyah on my Linkedin that touched thousands of people and started a necessary-yet-painful conversation about mental illness and suicide awareness (link below).

Eliyah was a doer, he was kind, compassionate and loved living in the moment. He cared deeply about paying it forward and wanted to do good in the world. Eliyah was also the world's best hugger with the biggest smile you could imagine.

Eliyah leaves behind two amazing little girls: Lia (4) and Naya (3), and his beautiful wife of 14 years, Yulia. Eliyah was a Civil Engineer who had just started his own business last year. He worked hard to provide for his family. His wife, Yulia, is a pediatric nurse that works 24/7 in the pediatric ICU.

The funds from this campaign will be used to help Eliyah's family. It will cover their monthly bills including rent, food, clothing and daycare expenses for his two daughters. A significant portion will be put aside in a trust fund for the girls' future college education. Eliyah would have wanted his daughters to have every opportunity to succeed and have a better life than he did.

Any contribution will be genuinely appreciated. For additional context, here is a short post I wrote about Eliyah's life.

#mentalillness #suicideawareness