“And now lives homeless Håkan in his own house: ”Almost unreal””
“morning gift. Håkan, 70, and his dog, Rambo was about to become homeless when Aftonbladet published an article about them.”
“Now lives Håkan free in a very own house, get the car repaired without cost and can hopefully be debt free thanks to a collection.”
“– You are amazed. There are so many who care, I didn’t.”
“When we met Håkan on 8 February in Vasteras log he not a single time. Now, in the red house in germany wedding gift, spreading a spontaneous, relaxed smile in his face several times.”
“the Stress for the future has released. It is a different Håkan we see in front of us, freshly cut and with lane was renovated back.”
” I didn’t realise until after three, four days to a door frame of this house sits very low. It was only then that I began to straighten at the back. Before, it was a little gamnacke, ” says Håkan.”
“the Aftonbladet article was published on 10 February. When was the caravan that he lived in snowed in on a forest road, the car was unusable in a ditch and he had a friend got a few hundred dollars so that he could temporarily take in at a cheap hotel. About three days the money would run out, and Håkan didn’t know where he would take the road.”
” People need to realize how fast it can go. Life can change in a quarter of an hour, ” said Håkan and told his story about how fast life can tip over on the right for a retired person without a substance abuse problem, that suddenly gets much lower incomes and prostate cancer.”
“”I have thanked every one for the money””
“the Article changed Håkans life. Suddenly plunged encouraging text message and money.”
“– On a single day swishade 95 people to me, anything between sek 25 and sek 300. I am so pleased that I have thanked every one.”
“– It was fascinating. Almost fell backwards. It came deals on where I could stay, people asked what I needed. Many also thought that it was positive that I had the courage to tell openly about my situation. It is probably an incredible number of pensioners who live on the margin today, ” says Håkan.”
“An important benefactor was Marika Strandberg, who runs the Colder the veterinary clinic. She got a free house, a haircut and the dog food:”
“– I read the article on Håkan and felt that this may not be. I had a house that stood empty, fully furnished, with heating on. I myself have moved, and this house should not be sold until the summer. I offered Håkan to stay here. He didn’t believe me at first, laughing, Marika.”
“”A pensioner I salvaged lived in the car””
“Sammy, Mr, head of Assistancekåren Västerås-Sala, has been gathered in håkan’s car and now see that the link is repaired free of charge. It is not the first time that he is assisting pensioners in distress:”
“– I am pleased to be able to help. Another time I discovered that a senior citizen I brought stayed in the car. I bought a caravan to him and fixed the accommodation on a campsite.”
“the Organization At Your Side, that helps homeless and whose founder Jeanette Höglund is a good friend of Marika Strandberg, has also started a collection so that Håkan should be able to get rid of their debt, with Bailiffs at 157 000 sek.”
“– This fixes the vi, she wrote in an email to Aftonbladet, three hours after the publication of the article.”
“”Went from pitch black to a belief in the future””
“Please, the swedes have scored Håkan start to smile again:”
” It went from pitch black to the future confidence back, in a few weeks. It’s almost unreal, ” says Håkan, who had also brought so much clothes and shoes that a part will be donated on.”
“Rambo is a new dog. Last time we were seen he looked anxiously at dad most of the time. Now, he’s on kids and sleep while we talk.”
” It is very good to stay here, warm and a roof over your head. Own washing machine. Close to the deal. We go much walking, I and Rambo.”
“Suddenly there is sufficient pension for the whole month. Håkan can even put money aside in order to become debt free.”
“– I no longer need to borrow money from acquaintances in the last week before retirement. Now I just have to spending on food. Can I get rid of the debt I can manage on the pension. Greater claims I have not.”
“the Plan: Vildmarkscampa in Spain”
“Håkan is free of symptoms from their prostate cancer, and the plan is now to finally make the dream that he had in 2016, here he suddenly found out that he had cancer. The news created a neråtspiral, both financially and psychologically, was to throw out the Håkan of homelessness.”
“– This is the beginning of the journey back to the dream I had, ” he says now.”
“In april, may, he thinks to move out from the house in the Colder and into the caravan again:”
“– Set me on nice places in Sweden in the summer, fish and live vildmarksliv. Then drag down Europe when the autumn and cold weather comes. In Italy and Spain are vildmarkscampingar that is much cheaper than the Swedish campsites. When the winter is over I am going home to Sweden again. Then I have to get some form of accommodation.”
“And so, he has a dream to:”
“– To come on so the green sprig that I can become a monthly donor At Your Side.”