Friday, April 23, 2010

Estanisalao....Urgent help needed!


Estanisalao passed away this morning. He was 72yrs old. He lived with his younger brother who is 70yrs old. They have no other family and they are living in a small room that they built on land owned by a kind hearted person who let them stay there.
Estanisalao had a lot of stomach pains and pains in his hands and feet. We sent him for medical care and purchased medication for him.
Estanisalao was one of the elderly people in our Feeding program. Five days a week we brought him a hot lunch, sometimes it was the only food that he had to eat.
He lived in a room that was made of tin sheeting and wood, a tin roof and dirt floor. It was in very bad shape.His brother cooks over an open fire on the dirt floor. They washed their clothes over a rock. He had very few possessions.
Estanisalao worked as a day laborer and took whatever work was available. He did not go to school and did not know how to read or write.
This morning, two elderly neighbors came to tell us that he had passed away. He has no-one to bury him. His younger brother is not well and he works when he can get it just to provide himself with barely enough to eat.
We are asking for help to bury Estanisalao. We need $300 US to be able to pay for his coffin and bury him.
We need help with this urgently as he needs to be buried tomorrow. If anyone could help we would be so grateful.
Posted by Picasa UPDATE....Thank you ....we have received enough donations to be able to give Estanisalao a dignified burial. Thank you so much for this help..you are all wonderful!

2 comments:

  1. What's the current (4:00 pac time) status on funding this?

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  2. This was the wonderful old man that I brought lunch for when I went out on the elderly feeding program for the day. He was sooooo friendly and nice and was over the moon to receive a Semana Santa basket which someone had kindly sponsored for him. I remember commenting to my husband at the time that I was so very glad he had the treat of a basket and was so delighted with it as I was sure it was sadly going to be his last Easter - he really was so nice. This is very sad. Sarah M

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