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“I Don’t Know Where I’m Going After Tonight”

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Protests erupted outside a government-run shelter after several women were evicted. We caught up with two of the women who are still on the edge of homelessness.

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November 8, 2024

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Protests erupted outside a government-run shelter after several women were evicted. We caught up with two of the women who are still on the edge of homelessness.

Sharon Turnquest – Resident
“I only want a place for me and my son so I could be able to lay my head in peace.”

It’s the heartbreaking reality for 64-year-old Sharon Turnquest, one of four women evicted from a social services temporary shelter this week. She’s staying at another home but has to be out by tomorrow.

Sharon Turnquest – Resident
“I don’t know. I cannot answer. I haven’t slept last night.”

Suffering from kidney disease, Turnquest says the ordeal has had a huge impact on her health.

Sharon Turnquest – Resident
“A lot, a lot … ’cause right now I so weak I can’t hardly walk because I didn’t get to go to my treatment ’cause this too far for me to walk to the bus stop. And when I don’t go for my treatments, I get extra weak, and sometimes I can’t walk.”

Natasha Mackey-Poitier – Resident
“We were looking for something, we was looking for something even before this came about because he works minimum wage, and, you know, when he get that, it doesn’t be anything much left in it.”

Despite the outlook, the women are not giving up.

Sharon Turnquest – Resident
“There’s a God above, you know. And I know my God got me. When I move, that’s what I want—my own place.”