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Widows Might to the rescue

Namira Bajric was widowed in her 40s. She's from Eastern Europe, and works in housekeeping at Northern Quest for minimum wages and has a difficult time making ends meet. She received help from Widows Might. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
Namira Bajric was widowed in her 40s. She's from Eastern Europe, and works in housekeeping at Northern Quest for minimum wages and has a difficult time making ends meet. She received help from Widows Might. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)

Nineteen years ago, Namira Bajric and her family found refuge from war-torn Bosnia in Spokane. She raised her three daughters and her husband, Sakib, found work as a long-haul truck driver. In 2012, the American dream they were building came crashing down. Sakib, 49, died suddenly while on the road in Mississippi. Drowning in bills, expenses and sorrow, Bajric, who works in housekeeping at Northern Quest Resort, didn’t know where to turn. “It was hard. Everywhere you go, door is locked. There is no help,” she said. Thankfully, help in the form of Widows Might, a local nonprofit, found her/Cindy Hval, SR. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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