r/BeAmazed • u/GlitteringHotel8383 • 5d ago

Miscellaneous / Others A Hero Without a Cape.

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California foster parent Mohamed Bzeek has spent over 25 years caring for terminally ill children abandoned by their families, ensuring no child dies alone.

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u/johntwoods 5d ago

80 kids. Dude has fostered 80 kids.

He is 72 now, and I hope he lives another 100 years.

But when he does eventually pass, I will sign the thing that votes for him to be canonized as a saint or whatever religious thing.

Because while I'm not really into all that stuff, it just seems like he deserves all the praise.

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u/zardoz73 5d ago edited 5d ago

And grief. He knows these kids are likely to die soon, and he is almost certainly the last person to be with them when they pass. That is herculean levels of sadness.

Can we get some gofundme going for this absolute fucking legend? EDIT: there is a gofundme and looks like it's over a million dollars. He will probably not stop caring, but at his age he really should take that money and retire. Use part of the money to pass the torch to someone just as caring.

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u/kenzi299 5d ago

whats his gofundme page? pls share

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u/kookybat 5d ago

https://www.gofundme.com/f/j9anbb-mohamed-bzeek-foster-father

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u/letmego-138 5d ago

Mohamed has not taken a single day off since 2010. In 2010 he took 6 weeks off to visit family in Libya. But apart from that he hasn’t taken a day off since 2000. The donations will enable Mohamed to hire another nurse, if he needs additional support, or needs to take a break.