Live in struggle and survive. My motivation is your story.
By Steve Govati
Have you ever met an electrician with disability: without hands and feet?
Kandeu appealed for those with
disability to be innovative and all Malawians to give opportunities to people
like him.
This
is what
Kandeu said “We have
capabilities, yes we are disabled but we can”.
By Steve Govati
this story is a continuation, to read first portion click here
"My
brother I heard you want to get married, don't try that.
Nowadays, things have
changed, your children are your responsibility no one can take care of them
unless otherwise. You should rebuild your future to be brighter."
After the counsel, Bayan and his young brother left Ntcheu for
Likoma in 2016 to stay with granny of his mother who is now 103 old.
“We heard that our uncle left MK15 million to my sister Mary
to aid our life before got buried in 2014. By then Mary was finalizing his
education at Bunda college, we asked her to share at least MK3 million to help
us, but she refused saying my father was alive and should take responsibility”,
Bayan said.
His granny became responsible for his life including paying school
fees. Life was sometimes hard when it came to food as most of the times they
survived through tea.
Bayan resumed school as a form three student and his performance led
him to head boy.
Despite the progress, food remained a challenge and his young
brother was crying to return to Ntcheu.
“It was in 2017, every day he cried for Ntcheu but we had no money
for transport and none to help us. Later, some relatives gave us some money and
promised that we will never get any help from them even school fees,” he said.
He further said he reported the issue to school where headmaster sought
to sponsor him but his relatives stopped the action.
That locked his school and he left for Ntcheu hopelessly.
“I asked my former employer (owner of the restaurant), Mrs Lungu
for a job, luckily I was employed as house keeper but at same time I had to
attend school”, he said.
“In this world, when you are doing great, some individuals hate it
as they love seeing you in hot soup”, this is what Bayan said while facing the
heavens.
“In Lungu’s house, someone pit on my bed and things went upside
down. And I left for Nachiye where I was staying with my aunt until I wrote
MSCE examination at Mcherezezo Secondary school", he said.
Later, Bayan went to Lilongwe where he was working at Tchasi car
wash at a salary of MK14, 000 per month.
"It was hard to survive at that price. Then I begun working in
deports to source income but things were still hard that I later went
home", he narrated.
While in Ntcheu, he applied to be a G4S guard in Blantyre and in
February 2018 he started working as guard.
In 2019 he begged an uncle to sponsor his tertiary education so to
be an automobile mechanical.
"God was with me and my uncle accepted my request with only
single thought. I started studying automobile mechanics at Sochi technical
college", he said.
Bayan worked at G4S during nights and went for weekend classes at
same time attending his internship during day hours.
"I sat for level 2 examination in 2021. Am now working at God
Love People (GLP) Mechanics at Kanjeza in Blantyre”, he narrated.
“I
had to fight for my own life to survive because no one was there for me at
first. I had to start and some people helped me out of volcano. My upmost
gratitude should go to GOD”, Bayan said.
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