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A student nurse who made an emotional public plea for support after struggling to fund her degree has told how relieved and grateful she feels to have
Nottingham student nurse's emotional Instagram plea raises £40k to fund her training The Nottingham student posted an emotional plea for help on social media Student nurse Naana Aisha Issaka (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post) Never miss another Nottinghamshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes theyâll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains m...
BBC News Published image captionNaana Aisha Issaka had struggled to source funding via the usual routes A woman has raised nearly £40,000 to pay for her nursing training after making a tearful plea on social media. Naana Aisha Issaka, a support worker from Nottingham, set up a fundraising page in August after applications for financial support were rejected. After her Instagram video went viral last week, she has been inundated with donations. Model and actress Cara Delevingne was among those who donated money to the appeal. The fundraiser has now received more than 2,600 contributions, send...
“A few students have told their stories on GoFundMe pages about not being able to access student finance, but I didn’t think I’d be so lucky to get people to donate to me.” Ms Issaka has lived in the UK since she was 11, growing up in Ghana then going on to live in Spain for one year. When she turned 18, her father’s visa no longer supported her, so she was detained by the Home Office before being granted leave to remain. “Obviously at that time I didn’t have any money to pay a solicitor or pay for the Home Office fees, and my dad didn’t have the money to support himself, and ...