The True Story That Will Break Your Heart

Can you imagine that in this year 2025, when so many people post pictures of expensive clothes and fancy shoes online, a young girl like Chinenye still uses pieces of cloth as sanitary pads because she cannot afford proper ones? This is not a rumour — it is the truth.

It is sad that this young girl has lived like an orphan when her father is still alive. Many people do not know that Chinenye left her father in Lagos when she was just five years old. She went to live with her aunt in Port Harcourt and there was peace in that home until the woman died. After that, Chinenye was sent to Jos, where she stayed for eight good years. She did not try to run away. She did not make trouble. She just lived quietly.

But things changed last year. She was sent to Oba in Anambra State to live with another aunt. This woman is old and needed help in the house. That was when Chinenye’s problems became worse. I am not here to blame her family for everything. But I believe that even if her family failed her, should the whole world fail her too? Should neighbours, schoolmates, and strangers close their eyes to her tears?

Chinenye deserves better than this. She deserves love, care, and a chance to finish her education. She needs people who will not just talk about her behind her back but stand up for her. Before you say bad things about her, please, I beg you, go to Richland Academy Oba and ask the teachers about her. They will tell you how much she has suffered since she came there last year.

I want to do what I can for her. This week, I will help her open a bank account. I will also support her so that she can complete her NECO exams. It is my prayer that her father will come to Oba and hear directly from the people who know what has been happening to his daughter.