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A weekly ride to the Porto Alegre Kidney Centre for Vinícius
Vinícius needs dialysis three times a week and has lost the ability to drive; volunteer drivers can each take one day.
🇧🇷 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil1,321 views
Vinícius has been on dialysis for 5 years and until recently drove to the Porto Alegre Kidney Centre alone. After an eyesight problem, Vinícius can no longer drive. Taxis cost more than the family can pay three times a week.
We're building a rota of volunteer drivers. Each session is 3 hours, including the trip there and back; most volunteers take one regular day. The journey is about 27 km each way.
Vinícius is cheerful company. You'd need a car in good condition and a clean driving record. We'll cover your fuel costs, and the family will send you home with homemade food.
Please say which day works for you in the comments.
Thank you so much.
- effort
- one weekly trip
- format
- In person in Porto Alegre
- skills
- reliable car, clean driving record
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People who offered to help
- Francesca Valentini 🇮🇹
I live about 19 km from Porto Alegre. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need. Free this month.
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Keep going, Josiane. I hope things turn around soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Bonny this morning. All the best.
Thinking of you and your family, Josiane. Shared it with a few friends. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Thinking of you, Josiane. Gave what I could, wish it was more. God bless!
wishing Vinícius a smooth procedure and a full recovery. Blessings.
Best of luck, Josiane. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
Stay strong, Josiane. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Love from Newcastle upon Tyne
take care, Josiane. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Please keep us posted. God bless.
Stay strong, Josiane. Hope the doctors have good news.
Thinking of you, Josiane. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Mthatha.
Hang in there, Josiane. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Blessings
gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Shubra.
Wishing you peace. Hope you get there. Thinking of Porto Alegre.
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Please keep us posted. God bless.