Jericho man moves out of fowl coop into own house
'Happy and thankful'
BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, April 23, 2015 22 Comments
In this March 18 photo, 81-year-old Rosalvo Patterson prepares to exit the fowl coop he called home for five years. (PHOTO: LIONEL ROOKWOOD
IN less than a month, 81-year-old Rosalvo Patterson has moved from living in a dilapidated fowl coop to a home of his own.
Two Sundays ago the Jericho, St Catherine senior citizen had to fight hard to hold back his tears as he was being led from the rotting structure to his one-bedroom wooden house, complete with a bathroom.
After all, it would be the first time in five years that the ailing Patterson, who is visually impaired, would be sleeping on a "real bed" and at a place where he is not exposed to the elements.
"I'm happy and thankful for the help," an elated Patterson told the Jamaica Observer.
'Happy and thankful'
BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, April 23, 2015 22 Comments
In this March 18 photo, 81-year-old Rosalvo Patterson prepares to exit the fowl coop he called home for five years. (PHOTO: LIONEL ROOKWOOD
IN less than a month, 81-year-old Rosalvo Patterson has moved from living in a dilapidated fowl coop to a home of his own.
Two Sundays ago the Jericho, St Catherine senior citizen had to fight hard to hold back his tears as he was being led from the rotting structure to his one-bedroom wooden house, complete with a bathroom.
After all, it would be the first time in five years that the ailing Patterson, who is visually impaired, would be sleeping on a "real bed" and at a place where he is not exposed to the elements.
"I'm happy and thankful for the help," an elated Patterson told the Jamaica Observer.
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