Hands-on laborDisability & accessibility
Build a wheelchair ramp for Josefa in Cali
Materials are donated. We need two carpenters and a helper for a weekend in Cali.
🇨🇴 Valle del Cauca, Colombia1,435 views
Josefa has used a wheelchair since 2024, and the house has three steps at the front door and no ramp. At the moment Josefa 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 six hours of work.
Tools are welcome - saws, drills, spirit levels. We'll provide refreshments, and Josefa's family will cook lunch for the team.
Thanks for being kind about this.
- effort
- one weekend
- format
- In person in Cali
- skills
- carpentry, measuring, power tools
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People who offered to help
- Esther Van der Meer 🇳🇱
I live about 9 km from Cali. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need. Free this month.
- Marilyn D. Carter 🇦🇺 Accepted
I live about 4 km from Cali. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need Happy to chat first.
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Wishing you peace, Mariana. Get well soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Cali.
Wishing Josefa a smooth procedure and a full recovery. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Nashville.
Sending strength. Looking forward to the next update. We're a small family in Entebbe but we're thinking of you. Love from Entebbe.
Sending love, Mariana. Hope this works out for you. All the best
So sorry you're going through this, Mariana. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Thinking of Cali.
Wishing you the best, Mariana. Get well soon. My husband and I read this together. God bless.
So sorry you're going through this. Wishing Josefa a smooth procedure and a full recovery. Don't give up. Thinking of Cali.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Tallahassee.
Good luck. Wishing Josefa a smooth procedure and a full recovery.
rooting for you, Mariana. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 11 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Hope it all works out, Mariana. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.
Rooting for you. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. After 10 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Take care. Hope the doctors have good news. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry
Wishing you peace. Your post was clear and honest. I'll check back for the next update. Blessings.