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I need to get this off my chest:
My house has been a haven for strangers and friends in distress, in transition, lost in life, etc. My doors have always been open with no expectations. Just a place for people to fix their lives and regroup.
My house has been a haven for strangers and friends in distress, in transition, lost in life, etc. My doors have always been open with no expectations. Just a place for people to fix their lives and regroup.
I have always been asked why I live in 4 or 5 bedroom houses alone. The truth is, I always want to have that extra space. I always want to know that at any given point, I have space for someone who might need it and I have the ability to give that.
A couple of years ago, @ResqueBnB was born. A nobel idea that I jumped onto because it& #39;s close to what I have come to increasingly believe is my purpose on earth- offer temporary shelter to people in distress. Men, women, anyone.
My involvement, like so many other KOTs, was non-managerial and non financial. We were helpers. Figuring out logistics, giving out our time, helping where money couldn& #39;. My house then was offered as a sheltering need be - I set aside my SQ too for the same, stopped renting it.
It was heartbreaking, nay, extremely heart shattering when one of the only 2 directors decided to make it her own little coffer without accountability. I tried to pursue for months- meetings, phonecalls, legal involvement, nothing.
Sometime last year, after a very long frustrating call with the legal team trying to get the books in order, I had to admit to myself it was not going to happen. However, something good came out of it. @ResqueBnB directors were willing to hand over the organisation.
And that& #39;s where the conversation stopped. We were never going to recover the money not accounted for (it was accounted for on paper, but no reciepts were given so to me, unaccounted for). The messy end to such a brilliant idea gnawed incessantly at me. It was not right.
This year, when Covid19 pandemic started, legal team and I started talking about it. We both felt that we need to do something to revive it now but I was apprehensive. I asked him to give me time. I was concerned that @ResqueBnB lost credibility and could not recover from that.
And then I read the story of the woman who was kicked out for lack of rent and gang raped while her two kids watched. My first instinct was to ask where she is so I can help. As I am also in transition, I have no home to give. But @ResqueBnB could have filled this gap. Hence this
We have decided that we are going to work to revive @ResqueBnB, as Herculean a task as that might be. With @amisij and the legal team at Lehmann Associates, we truly believe that this organisation has the potential to do greater good if well run.
We will be looking for new directors, and a complete overhaul of the organisation , except for the mission-A collaborative platform which connects those facing an unprecedented challenge in their lives, to those with the ability to offer assistance.
If you would like to get involved, DM me. If you have questions, concerns, ideas, insults, complaints, still DM me. I am not expecting it it be an easy ride, but I k ow where my heart and soul is at 
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Fin.
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