Write a letter to your elder brother working abroad describing the hardship you and your parents are facing at home and requesting him to give some financial assistance.
Explanation
46, Shonibare Street
Ikeja
Lagos, Nigeria.
6th May, 1998.
Dear brother,
How are you doing? I hope that you are doing very fine. Health-wise we are alright, but we are facing a lot of hardships here in Nigeria. This is what spurred me to write this letter to you. As you are aware, there are severe economic difficulties in Nigeria and our family is not spared.
We are passing through a hard time now. In the last eight months, things have gone bad for daddy and mummy. Daddy was retrenched August last year and since then, he has not been able to get another job. Four months after hrs. retrenchment, he sold the land that he bought few years back with the aim of setting up a soap business. He actually started the soap-making business but the harsh economic situation snuffed life out of the business. That was how the big sum of money daddy invested in the business went down the drain.
Daddy's misfortune has really affected mummy's business badly. Can you believe that mummy's shop which was usually filled to the brim with wares is now a shadow of its former self? All the capital that mummy used to re-cycle into the business has been used to feed the family since daddy can't provide money for feeding again.
Bimbo and Tunde have been withdrawn from the private primary school they were attending before to the public school near our house. I was offered an admission to read Accountancy at the Ogun State Polytechnic last year and I couldn't register because there was no money. The experiences are terrifying and traumatic. There is always bickering and quarreling in the family nowadays; a bad and ugly thing that was never given a chance in the family in the past. Daddy feels touchy and, in most cases, visits his frustration and anger on mummy and us.
Brother Kunle, the family needs your assistance financially now more than ever before. I know that you'll not be happy to see the family in shambles and to save daddy from developing hypertension, you should send some money to assist him. Mummy too needs your assistance to revamp her business. Her shop will soon be closed totally unless you send some financial assistance to her.
We shall be expecting your assistance very soon. Extend my greetings to your wife and the children.
Yours sincerely.
Kola.