Scenario: One of our patients having lived and worked here for approx 20 years, unable to gain citizenship and suddenly being diagnosed with cancer?
This is what it means: You are unable to work (and earn the minimum wage of 1,834TL per month). You have to pay for all your hospital costs, schooling for your children, food, heating, clothing and rent with no state help at all!
Try to imagine what it must feel like not to be able to provide for your family the basics of life i.e. food, heating and clothing through no fault of your own just because you were diagnosed with cancer and unable to work.
Throughout the TRNC cancer patients and their families are struggling to survive, our appeal is focusing on the people that Tulips/HTWCA helps so that food can be put on their tables for themselves and their families.
It is incomprehensible to most of us that someone should have to suffer the indignity and distress of having to choose between going cold, hungry or without vital treatment. We want to be there to support as many people as possible who find themselves without even the basic necessities when hit by crisis, but we can’t do this without your support.
Thanks to the generous donations already made from the clientele of the Amore Salon (Lapta) on the run-up to Christmas, children and their families most in need have already benefitted from the food donations however, this was a one off.
Therefore we are now appealing to you all to help these vulnerable families and individuals who are barely surviving below the poverty line and find something on the list below that you could add to your shopping basket that would make someone’s life a little easier. One 500gm of rice would feed a family of 4 for a couple of days …. It’s that simple.
Food:
Pasta
Rice
Dried beans, lentils etc
Sugar
Baby biscuits
Baby milk
Small carton milk
Small carton juice
Tinned goods
Cleaning goods:
Washing up liquid
Toilet roll
Washing powder
Soap
Shower gels
Shampoo
Disinfectant
Baby wipes
Nappies mostly age 3 and under
All donations to be delivered to:
Amore Tanning and Beauty Salon, Lapta and Bestseller Bookshop, Karakum
Many thanks
Sue and Carole
This is very sAd, my cousin just lost a friend who had a stroke, the hospital she was in wouldn’t do anything for her, it cost the family £40,000 to get help etc and she has just died in north cyprus . This is very frightening – can’t understand why she didn’t have private medical insurance unless it is very expensive but apparently family have to look after them in hospital. This sounds terrible to me especially if they don’t have family there.
Joolsdarling far to many people come to live here in North Cyprus without making arrangements to cover health needs so should they expect to get free heath treatment if they have not contributed into the economy by working and paying taxes etc
Many UK expats complain that foreigners arriving in the UK get free health treatment etc etc.