Erica Joseph was seen tightly hugging a tiny red teddybear crying yesterday as she sat on a mattress under a tent at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain. Yesterday marked 18 days since she and her husband, former national heavyweight boxer Wendell Joseph, 68, moved to the Savannah. The couple is again making a plea for the relevant authorities to assist them in getting a home as soon as possible or some good samaritan to come to their rescue.
The T&T Guardian asked Joseph why she was crying and how she and her husband were getting by. She replied: “Girl it hard. I going down. My health deteriorating and nobody hearing us. Nobody from the Government listening to us and showing that they care.” Joseph’s husband, Wendell, who left Erica alone to go and fill up some bottles of water, upon his return said: “I not giving up this fight you know. We are citizens and we need help.” Calls to the cellphone of Minister of Housing Dr Roodal Moonilal yesterday went unanswered.