Hot Cares Christmas : Keeping Jared In School

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A stressed out single mother who was about to take her autistic son out of school can look forward to a “fee-free” 2023, thanks to the kindness of Hot1027 listeners..

Melanie Gordan has been caring for her mother who has stage 4 cancer while doing her best to look after her two boys and keep them in school , with very little financial support.

Hot1027’s Tara Penny has more…
7 Dec 2022 English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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