Former midfielder Paul Scholes believes last month's 3-2 defeat by Galatasaray at Old Trafford is the result that Manchester United could end up ruing as they face an uphill struggle to make it into the Champions League knockout stages.
21.10.2023 - 08:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Lydia Ina's life work is looking after vulnerable children. The 83-year-old from Fallowfield has been dubbed ‘Nigeria’s Mother Theresa’ thanks to her herculean achievement of being a foster carer for over 300 kids.
Lydia, or ‘Auntie’ Lydia as she is affectionately known, spent over two decades as a foster carer with Manchester City Council before founding her own orphanage in Africa. She became a foster carer when she stepped up to look after the children of a close friend and did such a good job that she was approached by the Manchester City Council to be a signpost for children in need.
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That was the start of her career, but during an interview with the MEN, Lydia revealed the heartbreaking personal reason for her burning passion for children in care. “My babies were dying and I didn’t know why.” She told the MEN.
Originally from Nigeria, Lydia came to the UK over 50 years ago to live with her second husband and children. Having married her first husband at a young age, Lydia says that she spent a good number of years mourning the death of children that she had given birth to.
“Every year I cried from losing a child, that affected me so much. I’ve had ten children all together, four have survived." She told the MEN.
Lydia says that back in Nigeria the cause of death of her children was unknown but it wasn’t until she moved to Manchester that she found out that she was a carrier of the sickle cell trait.
Sickle cell is a disease that causes red blood cells to form into sickle or crescent shape that become stuck in blood vessels. Due to this, sufferers of the
Former midfielder Paul Scholes believes last month's 3-2 defeat by Galatasaray at Old Trafford is the result that Manchester United could end up ruing as they face an uphill struggle to make it into the Champions League knockout stages.
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