In March 2013, the BellaNaija team asked for your feedback on how to handle the issue of the emails we receive with regards soliciting for financial aid {Click here to read}. We were grateful for your feedback. Over the years, BellaNaija has published various feature stories on Nigerians in difficult situations and we are thankful that our BN Fam has supported in full force. From the man who was wrongly imprisoned for over a decade to and the struggling father suddenly saddled with major financial obligations due to the birth of his triplets.

During this time, we worked to get as much information as we could about different situations that was sent to us. In many cases, the people sending the emails don’t come back to us when we ask for more information. Sometimes they do and we are sceptical about the information given to us and as such we are unable to publish these stories. We will continue to publish these stories, however, we realize this is not enough.

While we are very concerned about the integrity of our brand and are conscious of the fact that there are too many fraudsters out there, we are definitely aware of the major challenges people go through every day.

If you’ve ever had a health-related issue in Nigeria, then you will probably understand that it is extremely difficult to fund your treatment and navigate the healthcare system. Even at the government hospitals (where health care service supposedly subsidized) you find yourself having to pay N50,000 here for something, another N18,000 for something else. Before you know it, you’ve spent hundreds of thousands of Naira. We all know how difficult it is to raise money, even amongst the most ‘comfortable’ people. While many save for a rainy day or have health insurance, most cannot afford to set aside a contingency sum for sudden major illnesses.

In view of this, BellaNaija is launched the BN Community Centre. This online platform will feature “calls for help” as submitted to us. This includes information, photos and account numbers. We are, however, stating categorically that we are doing only basic fact checking, therefore, we will not be held liable in ANY circumstance.

We encourage you to give if you can, however, please ensure you perform independent verification prior to donating any funds.

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Her campaign message is :

Hello my friends how are you all doing? I just want you to know I’m very sick right now the doctor had concluded that I need to do kidney transplant and that will cost 6million Naira but they said for me to be alive before the transplant I need to be doing dialysis every 10,days. I had done it over 18 times. My family had spend all they got on my health. We don’t have money to do another dialysis or even buy my drugs right now. Please I need your help because I don’t want to die. PLEASE all I need right now is your donation for my health anything you can help me with please.

Here are the bank account details: (her mother’s account)

MBONU NDIDI PATIENCE 3021660844 FIRST BANK.
NDIDI PATIENCE MBONU 0055590179 DIAMOND BANK
Her gofundme account is www.gofundme.com/xmcdfs
Facebook: Tochi Mbonu or https://m.facebook.com/mbonutochi?refid=12

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