Man who lost sight pleads for public assistance

MBABANE – Nhlanhla Dlamini (42) of Mankayane is pleading with the public to help him with funds or building material to build a home for himself and his three children.

He said his struggles began when he lost his sight in 2011, after he started experiencing severe headaches. Doctors tried to cure the severe headaches but after 14 days of medication, the doctor told him that the medication did not respond. He then had to go through another waiting period to re-evaluate his response to the medication which was when he lost his sight. “I was a person who Worried about rains

MBABANE - Nhlanhla Dlamini said through contributions from the community, he was able to buy a door which had also been damaged by the winds.

“I am worried about what will happen this summer as more rain and winds are expected. The house that I live in may not be able to withstand bad weather conditions,” he added.

He further said he did not expect people to build him the entire house but any form of donations or building material would be appreciated.

“I also have a piece of land within the homestead, which I could utilise for farming but I will also need assistance as I have been living on handouts and cannot afford the inputs,” he added. loved reading newspapers and on that one unfortunate day, I realised that I could no longer see any of the words,” he said.

Dlamini said doctors tried to assist him but they also could not bring back his sight. He said what made things worse was the fact that he could no longer work.

“I had worked for a private company for 15 years and losing my job meant that I could no longer support myself and my three children aged 18, 16 and 12,” said Dlamini.

He said before he lost his sight, he had already started making arrangements to design and build a house.