Please Help Me Hug My Family Again After 3 Long, Painful Yea

Adrian Dior Start Date: Apr 10, 2025 - End Date: Aug 9, 2025
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My Travel Story

by: Adrian Dior Start Date: Apr 10, 2025 - End Date: Aug 9, 2025
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Vacation/Personal Trip
Please Help Me Hug My Family Again After 3 Long, Painful Years
 
My name is Adrian, and I’m writing this with tears in my eyes. I’ve been living and working in Bahrain for the past four years, and I haven’t seen my family for 3 years now Not a single hug, not a single moment with them. Life has kept us apart, and now, all I want—more than anything—is to just go back home and be with them, even for a little while.
 
My family is going through unimaginable hardship .There’s barely food on the table. My little sister isn’t even going to school.  She’s just a child, but poverty has stolen her future. My heart breaks knowing that while I’m far away, she’s growing up in such pain, without even the basics every child deserves.
 
I came to Bahrain hoping to support them, but the reality is harsh. My salary doesn’t even cover my rent and the little I manage to send home feels like a drop in the ocean. I feel helpless. I cry myself to sleep most nights wishing I could do more, be there, hold my mother, give my sister a small gift—something—just to make her smile again.
 
I’m not asking for luxury. I just want to go home. I just want to see my family, hug them, help them, and remind them they are not alone in this cruel world. But I can’t afford the plane ticket. I can’t even afford to buy my sister something small, like a book or a toy.
 
Please, if you’ve ever missed someone deeply or felt the pain of being away from loved ones—you’ll understand why I’m asking.
 
Your kind donation will help me:
- Buy a  flight ticket to go back home  
- Carry a few essential items for my struggling family  
- Get a small gift or school supplies for my little sister  
 
I never thought I’d have to ask strangers for help. But here I am, with all my pride put aside, begging for a chance to see the people I love again.
 
Even if you can’t donate, please share this. Maybe someone out there has a kind heart and the ability to help.
 
Thank you for reading my story. And thank you for caring.
 
With love,  
Adrian.
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