Hands-on laborDisability & accessibilityUrgent
A ramp for Hussein: volunteers and tools needed
Help Hussein regain independence: a simple ramp build.
🇸🇦 Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia496 views
Hussein has used a wheelchair since 2024, and the house has three steps at the front door and no ramp. At the moment Hussein can only go outside when two neighbors are available to lift the chair.
The materials (treated timber, screws and non-slip surface) have been donated by a local lumberyard. We need a carpenter or two to measure, cut and build, plus a helper or two.
The ramp has to meet the accessibility guideline for gradient, which is why a person with building experience is important. We estimate eight hours of work.
Tools are welcome - saws, drills, spirit levels. We'll provide refreshments, and Hussein's family will cook lunch for the team.
If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
- effort
- one weekend
- format
- In person in Jeddah
- skills
- carpentry, measuring, power tools
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Keep going. Wishing Hussein a smooth procedure and a full recovery. After 18 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care.
Wishing you peace. Looking forward to the next update. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
good luck, Mazen. Gave what I could, wish it was more. It's not much but it's yours.
Stay strong, Mazen. Get well soon. I hope January is when things finally get easier.
Thinking of you and your family, Mazen. Get well soon.
Thanks for sharing this, Mazen. Your post was clear and honest. I hope January is when things finally get easier. Love from Bogor.
Good luck, Mazen. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Blessings
Sending love. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Put this on a community board in Lowell this morning
rooting for you, Mazen. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Sent it to 20 people at work.
thinking of you. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. It's not much but it's yours.
Hope it all works out, Mazen. This could happen to any of us. Please keep us posted. Take care.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best.
Shared this with my family. I hope January is when things finally get easier. Love from Glasgow
hope things get better soon, Mazen. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. All the best.
Stay strong. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Don't give up. God bless.
I hope things turn around soon. We're a small family in Rio de Janeiro but we're thinking of you. Thinking of Jeddah
Wishing you the best. Wishing Hussein a smooth procedure and a full recovery.
Rooting for you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.
Get well soon. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless.
So sorry you're going through this, Mazen. Hope this works out for you. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. God bless.
wishing you the best. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings