Renewed hope and optimism glowed brightly on the face of forty-three-year-old J Williams’ face, the 8th $1-million dollar winner in the Digicel Golden SIM promotion. The father of two was overwhelmed with emotion when he visited Digicel’s headquarters recently.
Williams, a former sales representative, was diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure in 2020 which rendered him unable to work. His million-dollar win comes at the right time, giving the father of two the opportunity to pay for his life-saving dialysis treatments.
For him, the cash comes at a time he least expected it, but needed it most: “I had just come from dialysis when my son woke me up. I didn’t believe it at first, but I went on the Digicel page and told my son to call out the numbers. When I saw the last number I said ‘Yes!’ I was excited,” Williams shared.
Shortly after the ceremonial handover, Brand Marketing Manager for Digicel, Carla Hollingsworth, “Mr Williams is a fighter. Customers like him inspire us to keep on going and to continue giving back because of the life-changing impact it can have on their lives.
At the same time, our Golden SIM promotion allows us to celebrate our customers and express our gratitude for allowing us to serve them.”
For Mr Williams, the good fortune from Digicel could not have come at a better time. His friends and family have been his main support system, however, he lost one of his biggest supporters when his sister, Denisha Williams, was tragically killed in a motor vehicle crash last year.
“Today (August 18) is a bittersweet day,” said Mr Williams. “It marks one year since my sister died. She was one of four people killed in a truck crash.
She was one of the first to offer one of her kidneys so I could keep on living.” With his sister gone, Mr Williams is also making a public appeal for a kidney.
Mr Williams, who has been a Digicel customer since 2001, is no stranger to defying the odds. In 2020, he went into a coma following a seizure and doctors gave him a mere 10% chance of survival. Now, with his family’s support, he maintains a positive outlook, “God is on my side, I’m here, I’m still alive.”
The Digicel Golden SIM promotion runs until November 6, 2022. Each week, 21 Digicel prepaid or postpaid customers will win one million dollars if the serial number on their SIM card matches the weekly Golden SIM number.
The winning number is posted every Tuesday on Digicel’s social media pages, newspapers, the MyDigicel app, and balance enquiry messages. Mobile customers who top up, activate plans, make calls and texts and pay bills on time automatically enter the promotion.
