Two years ago, he travelled miles to surprise one of his two daughters for her birthday, but the conditions under which he found his daughters living broke his heart and with the permission of their mom, he moved them to the city in the hope of giving them a better life.
That was in December 2017, and since then the man hit a difficult patch, which led to him and his daughters becoming almost homeless. As he attempted to navigate securing assistance, he concluded that ‘the system’ was not set up to support men.
He believes if he were a single mother, more would have been done for him. According to his “guardian angel” (his words) Sandra Khan, she has witnessed his downward spiral, which at times saw him to turn to alcohol for solace.