Woman Gives Her Number To Now Homeless Ex Schoolmate And A Life Is Changed

woman gives her number to now homeless ex-schoolmate and a life is changed in school there is always equity in everything we receive whether it is the education we get or the supplies the school usually makes sure that every student gets the same things it is how we use this later that determines how life is going to get for us we all grow up and aspire to have a successful career in a field we are passionate about some of us get to achieve this while some of us do not in this story this lady meets her ex-classmate and does something to him that sent shockwaves all around life is ever unpredictable you can never be too sure about anything there are good days and bad days and some moments you experience can change your life forever we never know what life is going to lay on the table and so when wanja morara was just spending her day she met an old classmate of hers living on the streets with no home she could immediately see that this was indeed her classmate back in school it was such a shock to see that the person whom she had shared a classroom with was now without a home she was extremely shocked to see what he had become the pain in his eyes she made up her mind then and there to help him what was her plan and would it help him where was she living well this lady is a local who resides in kiyambu county in kenya also when did she meet this homeless man who was with her during her school days this happened in october of 2017. wanja was on her way to run errands in their local market this was her plan before the time came for her to finish her shift at the local hospital so wanja helps a job as a nurse so that meant she was always quite busy she did not get to have shopping so she was quite stoked to get to the market that day it was an early morning the only time she had so wanja rushed to get her much-needed essentials she did not expect anything to happen that day wanja never thought this day would turn out to be so memorable and as the busy nurse was making her way to the market to buy what she needed wanja saw someone really familiar however she could not tell if this was the person she thought it was but after a closer inspection she had a realization that it was indeed her old classmate his name was patrick wanjiru she had a hard time telling if this was him or not at first patrick was actually from her school during her childhood days and since he had a rough look she could not tell right away if this was him or not he was actually donning very shabby clothes because of what he was wearing he was a little unrecognizable but just then patrick reintroduced himself to wanja who was startled to learn that it was really him so it was a little shocking for her to find him this way because patrick was never a dirty or untidy guy in school no one would have ever thought he would look like this one day patrick or hinga as we called him and i had met at primary school in 1992. wanja later revealed to interviewers hinga used to be a great soccer player all throughout school we nicknamed him pele and now he looked a mess and she could tell that gone were his glory football days when everyone in her school used to look up to patrick it was such a sad realization for her to see her old pal this way he had unfortunately fallen on hard times his life was in shambles and he did not look the way he did when they last met this was something wanja could not ignore like we mentioned if any one of their old classmates or teachers saw how patrick was doing that day they would have had a hard time believing it too this is because back when they were still in school patrick was quite the promising student he showed a lot of potential to have become a person of substance in his class and not end up this way he was not just excellent in sports he would always score very high grades during primary school he was one of the brightest students whom all the teachers really liked after this patrick then pursued his higher education at uthiru high school sadly his time during secondary school proved to be a little difficult for poor patrick and so wanja became really curious to know what had happened to patrick she could not wrap her head around the fact that this was her classmate who thrived in school in a later interview patrick explained that his road to falling off track began after he started to smoke cigarettes he then moved on to marijuana shortly which made everything go even worse so why exactly did this guy start smoking cigarettes and weed well when he was asked this question patrick blamed everything he did on peer pressure he did all this just to be accepted by his fellow students it was sad and unfortunate for him because his activities were caught by the teachers of the school after which he was expelled shortly and then after he was expelled patrick was fortunately given another chance in another institution what would have been the end for him ended up not being so and soon patrick got an acceptance to another high school though he should have taken this as a chance to better himself his drug habit got the best of him and led to him wrecking his whole life and education since schools obviously do not condone such behavior and patrick was so clearly hooked on these substances he eventually chose to drop out of school he made a foolish decision to then tend to his drug habit full time since he was well on his way to complete self-destruction his mother grew very concerned she wanted to admit him to the local hospital where he could be properly examined and soon after his mom got involved patrick would receive some psychiatric evaluation all because of his referral from his previous school patrick soon got his admission to join a psychiatric facility this was a facility at mahari hospital his mom knew that there must have been a remedy or solution to stop her son from ruining his life and soon after the doctors there ran a number of tests the doctors finally made a conclusion they found out that the drugs that he had so heavily consumed were negatively taking a toll on his brain they decided that it would be best if he was taken into the hospital as an inpatient this seemed like the perfect plan but as life goes something unexpected happened although it is something that everyone should not indulge in getting addicted to drugs is something that is one of the hardest challenges one can face to get out of and we know the withdrawal symptoms are unbearable at times so yes during his stay at the hospital patrick left quite a number of times he could not bear being away from the drugs besides his suffering from addiction patrick had another reason why he would escape and run away so many times his major complaint was that he was treated as if he was a mental patient the doctors there would force-feed patrick his medication so many times he was not a mentally ill patient so the treatment started to affect his emotional and physical well-being so since he was not comfortable in the hospital that was supposedly for him to get better he eventually left it against their will and it was unfortunate because patrick's behavior when he left the hospital was what led him to have more problems nothing seemed to have helped him get over his addiction and even his mother started feeling hopeless when she was asked how patrick was dealing with himself when he escaped the facility she revealed when he was out of the hospital he would walk around the neighborhood completely naked or he would rummage through the garbage and you would think things could not go worse from there on but it did patrick soon got another addiction he was hooked on the drug attain and so in the end after all that effort patrick's case did not improve in fact things seems like they were getting worse than before nothing seemed to be going as planned his condition was growing worse despite the fact that patrick had been admitted to the hospital to rid himself of his addiction and soon he fled the facility and decided to live on the streets rather than going home so after he made the conscious decision to stay in the streets after feeling like the hospital did nothing but make him feel worse patrick was going through a terrible time he had already spent about 10 years all on his own one thing that left him feeling worthless was the fact that his family had basically abandoned him in his time of crisis so what was the part that was the most difficult for poor patrick then well his depression grew severe because of how his family behaved during this time what pained me the most was that my siblings were at home with my mother safe and sound yet i was on the streets he admitted that was really depressing for me patrick was in such a slump he had no job no family member to go to for help he was still addicted to the drugs he consumed which made it impossible for him to shape up but then all thanks to someone unexpected patrick's situation would soon flip this happened soon after his encounter with his old schoolmate nurse wanja meeting his old pal wanja became something the homeless guy needed for a long time she grew extremely worried about his health and mental well-being after seeing him that way so wanja decided to buy patrick lunch and urged him to keep in touch something about him told her that she needed to help out and try to get him out of this messy lifestyle so after wanja treated him to a meal for lunch she decided to also give patrick her phone number she did this in the hopes that he would maybe feel comfortable reaching out to her soon after listening to his story and struggles to stay clean and being abandoned by his near and dear ones wanja wanted to assure him that he was not alone so since patrick could see that wanjo was not kidding about helping him he started building some trust he had been waiting for someone like her to see that there was still hope that he was still worthy of starting over and in the days that followed patrick was communicating back and forth with wanja there was something about her that told him that she could help and soon after getting more comfortable with one another the two shared their life experiences and what was going on in both their personal lives patrick was touched by how kind wanja was and so he soon made the choice to change and stop with his nonsense however to say this may be easy but to actually make it happen with his actions was the challenge and when interviewers asked wanja later she revealed that the price for drug rehab was quite costly in kenya since there was such a high fee to get patrick into a decent rehabilitation center wanja knew that she needed help in raising the funds this was not something she could achieve herself therefore wanja had to make use of social media wanja was absolutely determined to help change patrick the boy who was so bright back in high school she could not bear the sight of him living this way and so after making use of social media wanja decided to create a crowdfunding page aimed to raise 974. this would be sufficient for the first nine days of his treatment they ended up raising only 400 during that time even though the funding was not the ideal amount wanja did not want to lose hope she pulled in all the string she could from her resources in order for him to get into the rehab facility patrick was so grateful and he told himself that he would do wanja proud during the initial nine days patrick detoxed and soon gained weight in just a matter of weeks patrick showed so much progress on a facebook post wanja stated a week ago patrick and i couldn't hold a normal conversation without me trying to hold his head up with my hand in order for him to concentrate today we can have a normal conversation with him confidently looking at me wanja wanted to share the amazing upgrade of her friend who had battled his addiction for so long with her social media friends and her post regarding patrick's progress drew inspiration and so many people on twitter her post was retweeted fifty thousand times and soon help poured in enabling him to be able to stay there full time until he recovered while he was there at the rehabilitation center patrick soon made a transformation in terms of mental and physical health and so when he was 35 years of age patrick was now a brand new man after holding control of his life once again patrick could not wait to live his life and be productive for a change all the funds from generous donors the money was enough for him to start his own business patrick named it hinga's store which was his nickname back in high school days since he was still in rehab his mom took care of the store people say i changed his life but he changed mine too wanja explained i realize now that a small act can change a person's life you