- Single mother Phanice Johya shares her journey of resilience in Saudi Arabia after going to seek greener pastures so that she could raise her kids
- She shared with NGBREAKINGNEWS how she was left with children and how they get good care and love in her absence, which is the dream of every hard-working mum
- So far, Phanice has invested in rental shops to support her three daughters and grandmother and has mega plans to build her own home and reunite with her children
Saudi Arabia: After toiling and moiling in Saudi Arabia for years, Phanic Johya, a single mum, has showed off beautiful rental shops that she built from her savings.
Speaking to NGBREAKINGNEWS, Phanice shared that she was a married woman, but sadly, her marriage crumbled, and she was left with three daughters to care for.
“It’s now 13 years; I left my kids with my grandmother because my mother passed on and she takes care of them with the support of my uncle,” she said.
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“I left my kids with my grandmother and went to Saudi Arabia. Despite the life of a single mum, taking care of myself and paying school fees for them, I started thinking of investments and only managed to buy a parcel of land and build rental shops,” she said.
Why did Phanyce opt for rentals and not a house?
Initially, Phanyce wanted to buy land to build a house, but her uncle advised her to buy a plot, and he is the one whom she sent the money for projects to.
“l congratulate him because I sent him KSh 450,000 to buy land, and he did it.The project cost KSh 1.5 million, and the toilets cost KSh 150,000.Hedelivered because he has a good heart, ” she said.
“I have three shops and a similar number of rooms; I already have tenants, and I’m now hoping to own a home and then come back and take care of my kids,” she added.
How did Phanyce save for the project?
Phanyce told NGBREAKINGNEWS that she started her project by saving KSh 450,000, which helped her get a plot in Busia; then she went ahead and saved KSh 600,000 and started building.
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“From there I started building slowly until I finished, and now I get KSh 3000 from each shop. I’m yet to get an electricity connection because I have two daughters who joined Grade 10 and spend aroundKSh 170,000,”she said.
“Without my supportive grandmother, who took the worry of child-raising from me and my visionary, faithful uncle Johnson Johya,I would have never made it,” she added.
Source: NGBREAKINGNEWS
