Mother of two wants out of rat-infested house

Shanice Woolery, a 21-year-old mother of two, said she is living in deplorable conditions and finding it extremely challenging to take care of her children.

She said she is seeking the public's assistance in repairing her one-bedroom board house

"The house that I am living in is rotting and it is infested with rats, roaches and insects. Mi did live with mi parents in di same one room, but it get so bad that dem have to move out, and mi go live with mi babyfather. It never work out, suh mi have to move back to di house, but it nuh safe," she said.

Woolery's children are ages three years and two months. She said she has not been receiving much assistance from either of their fathers.

"If rain fall di place flood out and di cockroach dem come out. Mi really concern about the children, because mi would want send mi daughter go school, but mi can't afford it suh mi nuh bother register her. Right now the baby Pampers finish and I don't know how I am going to buy it. Sometimes I feel like killing myself," she said.

The young mother said she used to earn an income by selling craft items to tourists but had to stop as she did not have a babysitter for her three-year-old.

"Whenever I have to wash their clothes, I have to go very very far to the river because mi nuh have pipe water. Mi don't even know where I am going to get food for them because I am not working now. I used to work before, but I didn't have anyone to stay with them while I was working so I had to stop," she said.

Woolery said she did not complete high school and would like to return to the classroom but currently, that dream seems far-fetched.

"I would want to learn a skill, but I have to focus on the children right now. It really hard, and mi would just wah some help with the children because it really hard," she said.

Persons wishing to assist Woolery may contact her at 876-512-5338.