Timothy met with aspiring model, Michael, who has selflessly abandoned his dreams to take care of his younger brother after the death of his father in 2014.
“My mum left because she and my dad they have issues. Ever since she left she has not called us. It’s only me and my brother. I’m struggling for both of us to eat,” the young man tells Timothy.
He looked for a job but was unable to find one so he had to find another way to feed himself – carving beautiful jewellery from coconuts.
“Sometimes I will not see food to eat morning to evening…sometimes I will even injure myself doing my carving,” he explains to Timothy.
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Such heart,skill, determination and BEAUTIFULLY, UNBLEMISHED BLACK SKIN…I agree with one of the other comments about helping him start an Etsy account to generate money to eat and model as a hobby until he gets a breakthrough…Best wishes to Michael, I know things will fall into place for u…
Michael, you should continue your art as well as go after your dream. People like you make me ashamed of myself. I go on and on about how life is treating me, then I hear stories like yours. I wish you the best of luck. I will look you up next time I’m in Nigeria. Stay blessed, we shall meet.
I’m so sad for him. I wish I could support him in some way!
ok I want to buy two, one for me the symbol of the Ankh. for my son anything. you have a million dollar business in the palms of your hands along with your creativity. I pray that your life changes from night to day. Father God will show you how good he is. use your gifts to achieve your goals. you will start eating better and gaining weight and believe me the modeling agencies will call. Bless up. Thanks Batta Box.
Battabox thank you for highlighting the multitude and beauty of the Nigerian experience. I may not be Nigerian but your stories have a wonderful way of keeping us humble yet excited about the prospects and potential of our beautiful continent. This young man is such a gem with such talent and whether he realizes it or not he is touching the hearts of many just by being his authentic self. Hopefully you guys can do a feature on him again just to keep us up to date about how things are going on in his life. I hope he knows that he has supporters out here.
How is he a model? HE IS UGLY!
pls,how can one get in touch with him
He should keep both professions, he’s a smart guy he just needed to showcase more of his Art craft on social media for the world to know
it’s a shame of FG，young people no work
He’s a talented artist!