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A ramp for Shuvo: volunteers and tools needed
Help Shuvo regain independence: a simple ramp build.
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Bangladesh500 views
Shuvo has used a wheelchair since 2023, and the house has three steps at the front door and no ramp. At the moment Shuvo 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 local accessibility standard of 1:12 slope, 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 Shuvo's family will cook lunch for the team.
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- effort
- one weekend
- format
- In person in Dhaka
- skills
- carpentry, measuring, power tools
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People who offered to help
- Santiago S. Henry 🇬🇧
I live about 7 km from Dhaka. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need.
- Kiran Mehwish Raza 🇵🇰
I live about 9 km from Dhaka. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need. Free this month.
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Take care, Imran. Hope you get there. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Dhaka
Thanks for sharing this, Imran. Shared it with a few friends. Blessings