Several persons have responded to the plight of 23-year-old Ovena Braithwaite and according to the god-mother of her son, Ann Davidson; she has brightened up at the prospect of a new home.

Ovena Braithwaite

Braithwaite’s heart-rending story was published in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News. Last Saturday a storm blew off the roof of the one bedroom shack that the pregnant mother of two had called home. In June her husband had mysteriously disappeared and life for the family was in a state of turmoil.

Yesterday, Davidson, who was one of a few neighbours who assisted Braithwaite, said that employees from Gafoors visited Braithwaite in her Yarrowkabra, Linden/Soesdyke community and brought food for the children as well as other foodstuff. She said that they promised to construct a new home for Braithwaite and are to return today to take measurements. Locally-based relatives of an American-based woman also made contact with her and promised assistance.

“She is much brighter”, Davidson said noting that the prospect of a new home had greatly cheered Braithwaite up.