Moth­er of six Keisha Al­leyne knelt and gave God thanks yes­ter­day af­ter re­ceiv­ing an out­pour­ing of love and sup­port from Good Samar­i­tans across the coun­try.

“I feel so hap­py. Im­me­di­ate­ly af­ter the sto­ry was used on CNC3, peo­ple start­ed to call,” Al­leyne said.

Her chil­dren were al­so hap­py af­ter one of the callers promised to bring new clothes and gro­ceries.

“Peo­ple were ask­ing what we need­ed and how they could help. I nev­er imag­ined that so many peo­ple would be touched by our sto­ry,” Al­leyne said.

The moth­er of six said at first, she was scared that peo­ple would judge her be­cause of her in­abil­i­ty to pro­vide. 

How­ev­er, she said in­stead of ridi­cul­ing her, most peo­ple praised her for work­ing hard to care of her fam­i­ly.

Al­leyne had been jug­gling mul­ti­ple jobs to pro­vide but when the pan­dem­ic hit, she be­came job­less. She be­gan bak­ing and sell­ing sweet bread and cake but this too fell apart af­ter fur­ther re­stric­tions were im­posed.

Now Al­leyne de­pends on a food card and pub­lic as­sis­tance grant which she gets for her son who suf­fers from At­ten­tion-Deficit / Hy­per­ac­tiv­i­ty Dis­or­der (AD­HD).

De­spite her prob­lems, Al­leyne said she will nev­er ne­glect her chil­dren and she al­ways en­sured that each of them got their ed­u­ca­tion.

Two of her sons are learn­ing trades at the Ser­vol Life Cen­tre in Point Fortin. Her el­dest daugh­ter, who is in Form Four at­tends Point Fortin West Sec­ondary. An­oth­er daugh­ter aged 12, wrote the SEA ex­am­i­na­tions re­cent­ly while her two younger daugh­ters at­tend Brighton An­gli­can School. Al­leyne al­so has a sev­en-month-old ba­by but she said the ba­by’s fa­ther pro­vides for the child.

Her sons have al­so been con­tribut­ing to the fam­i­ly’s in­come by pick­ing man­goes and av­o­ca­does and sell­ing them. The youngest has been plant­i­ng in the back­yard.

Al­leyne said she feels mo­ti­vat­ed by the kind­ness of com­plete strangers and was de­ter­mined to make a good life for her fam­i­ly. She hopes to one day open a busi­ness bak­ing and sell­ing de­li­cious treats.

In the mean­time, Al­leyne said what­ev­er ma­te­r­i­al she gets, she want­ed to fix a de­cent house for her fam­i­ly.

“I want to keep my daugh­ters safe and if we could get a prop­er home where we wouldn’t get wet when it rains, that would be like a dream come true,” she added.

Any­one want­i­ng to as­sist Al­leyne and her fam­i­ly can con­tact her at 265-0697 or make do­na­tions to First Cit­i­zens Bank Ac­count #2586698.