Young philanthropist helps struggling ‘Mama’ make it through each day
Dec 24th, 2023 | Category: News & Features | 15:23#JamaicaGleaner DECEMBER 24, 2023: Overwhelmed with emotions, 84-year-old Beryl Little burst uncontrollably into tears as she told The Gleaner of her deplorable living conditions she must currently endure, for which she is desperately pleading for help. A widow with no children and the only surviving offspring of her parents’ four children, Little resides in the cool hills of Chester Castle in Hanover. Currently, living in a one-bedroom dwelling, the little old lady showers in an open space of her backyard with little to no privacy in a makeshift shower made out of zinc. Suffering from blindness owing to glaucoma in her left eye and a cataract in her right eye, she is finding it very difficult to take care of herself. Speaking with The
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