Big Favour: Kuben Naidoo receives assistance for his mom through Toyota Knights

Big Favour: Kuben Naidoo receives assistance for his mom through Toyota Knights

KZN business offers support and comfort to struggling family. 

Kuben Naidoo would like to request some assistance for his mum who lost everything in the floods in April.
Kuben Naidoo would like to request some assistance for his mum who lost everything in the floods in April. Image: ECR

Welcome to another edition of The Big Favour with Darren, Keri, and Sky.

The recent #KZNFloods once again showed us the spirit of Ubuntu in KZN. Communities came together and continue to do so to help those in need.

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Today on The Big Favour, Kuben Naidoo wrote to us to ask that we assist his mom. Not only has she lost her husband due to illness, but because of the recent floods, she's also lost everything. 

Kuben Naidoo telling the Big Favour the story of how his mom has struggled to survive after the floods.
Kuben Naidoo telling the Big Favour the story of how his mom has struggled to survive after the floods. Image: ECR

The flood caused massive problems for Kuben and his mom, especially because she's living on her own. 

They had to flee from their home the night of the KZN Floods and were displaced for a month. 

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On 2 May 2022, they returned home to start the clean up process. They are a young family with three children aged 3, 6 and 10 in the household. 

To make matters worse, they had cancelled home insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic as they could no longer afford it.   

Kuben has been pleading for help to fix up the house for his family. They need help to remove large amounts of sand and reroute the stream. 

After hearing this extraordinary story, many people were moved and wanted to help out Kuben and his family. In came Jessica Singh, who is the Chairperson of the East Coast Knights.

Jessica Singh, who is the Chairperson of the East Coast Knights came in to offer support and love.
Jessica Singh, who is the Chairperson of the East Coast Knights came in to offer support and love. Image: ECR

Jessica and her team from the East Coast Toyota Knights KZN reached out to us and wanted to help Kuben's mom and family in the best way possible. 

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So East Coast Toyota Knights donated R20,000 in cash to Kuben and his family, which will be able to assist in fixing up the house for the family and to get her back on her feet. 

Kuben Naidoo would like to request some assistance for his mum who lost everything in the floods in April.
Kuben Naidoo would like to request some assistance for his mum who lost everything in the floods in April. Image: ECR

If you would like to nominate someone who needs assistance from the Big Favour, you can nominate them here.

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If you would like to make a donation to the Big Favour, you can donate here.

Catch the Big Favour every day this week just after 07:30 with Darren, Keri, and Sky.

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