Nollywood actor, Leo Mezie is surprised by how people who didn’t know him personally could send him huge sums of money to assist him when he was critically ill last year.
The actor noted that the fact that his close friends and acquaintances deserted him at this trying time made the gesture by random people, most of whom chose to remain anonymous more remarkable.
He said, “Normally, I expected my colleagues and friends to rally round me but they were the least people that showed up when I needed them. I can’t count my five friends that rallied round me not to talk of my colleagues. That experience taught me a lot about humanity. Based on the kind of love people showed me when I was down, I never imagined that such love existed in humanity. I was shown love from people that I least expected such gestures from. I never knew that this profession could allow people love me this way.
“You should see the kind of messages I got on my Facebook and the kind of money that I got. I was not getting peanuts but huge amounts of money and each time I received such monies, I asked my account officer to trace the sender so I could call and thank them but they always chose to remain anonymous. There are a lot of people that are going through what I experienced but they are not that lucky. Many of them would die due to the ailment and because of that, I decided to set up the Leo Mezie Kidney Foundation as a way of saying thank you and also helping people. Already we have begun work and are treating two people.”
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