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Hi everyone,

 

As many of you know, Shully and Dafna lost their father unexpectedly in mid-June of this year to Liver metastasis. His illness was a shock to the entire family and unfortunately, after less than a month after the news of his illness, he had passed away. Dafna and their mother have been in Nigeria during this time dealing with both the medical-related proceedings and the funeral costs and proceedings. In order to try and assist her family during this time, and to go attend funeral-related proceedings, Shully had gone back to Nigeria to join her sister and mother. Unfortunately, due to complications related to her status in Canada and the ongoing COVID situation, Shully was unable to come back to Canada for over 2 months. This has also caused some issues in terms of her work and her monthly income -- which is even more important during this time. While Shully's return is in the works, there are a number of expenses that the family still has to take care of relating to her father's illness and death, but also in relation to being able to support their mother in Nigeria and re-stabilize as a family.

Originally we had created this Gofundme to bring Shully home, but we are hoping to turn it into a fund for the family while they tackle a number of costs and expenses. Even prior to their father's passing, the family had been dealing with some legal issues and had been in court due to their father's company trying to dismiss him without pay & pension. This matter has now been heightened and further complicated due to his death. The loss of his job also meant they were already operating on a deficit caring for their father through this rough time without any sustainable income. In addition, they were also in the process of finishing their family home as their parents resided in the company estate. Following their dad's passing, their mother has been at a hotel while they try to fix up the house to a livable point.

I'm hoping that we can all come together again and try to support and raise some funds for the family during this incredibly turbulent and rough time.  Currently, the new target is set at $8,500 for the following costs:
  
- Rent for their mother's store so that she is able to start making an income again:  $800 CAD
- Instalment payment for the family home:  $3,200 CAD
- Cost of immediate renovations needed to make the family home livable:  $1,700 CAD
- Legal costs and fees related to the court case: $300 CAD
- Costs related to bringing them back to Canada (including flights): $2,500 CAD

As you can see, the family is under quite a financial charge and we're hoping to raise as much as we can for the family after what has been an incredibly difficult and grief-filled couple of months. Any amount is welcome.

Update: 

Thank you to everyone who has checked in and donated. I (Shully) am now back and monitoring this account however we will continue to run the fundraiser under this account. Due to time spent away, I am in a precarious situation with work and currently financially unstable.  Both my sister and I continue to do our best to handle the fall out of our dad's death and care for our mom. We cannot explain everything on here but are open to questions if you have any. Thank you for your support. 

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    Fanta Diaby
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    Toronto, ON

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