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Build a wheelchair ramp for Ngọc in Hồ Chí Minh City
Ngọc uses a wheelchair and cannot leave the house because of three steps at the door; we need a few hours of carpentry.
🇻🇳 Hồ Chí Minh City, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam266 views
Ngọc has used a wheelchair since 2023, and the house has three steps at the front door and no ramp. At the moment Ngọc 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 ten hours of work.
Tools are welcome - saws, drills, spirit levels. We'll provide refreshments, and Ngọc's family will cook lunch for the team.
I hope life is good to you.
- effort
- one weekend
- format
- In person in Hồ Chí Minh City
- skills
- carpentry, measuring, power tools
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Take care. Looking forward to the next update. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Campinas.
Stay strong. Hope this works out for you. My neighbor in Peshawar donated after I showed her your page. Thinking of Hồ Chí Minh City
Best of luck, Long. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Alcalá de Henares.
Stay strong, Long. Hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day
Hope it all works out, Long. Shared this with my family. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. God bless.
Thinking of you. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Take care.
Thinking of you and your family, Long. Wishing Ngọc a smooth procedure and a full recovery. My husband and I read this together
Keep going, Long. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.
Thanks for sharing this. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Love from London
Wishing you peace, Long. I hope things turn around soon. I'm in customer support myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
take care. Get well soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
Wishing you peace. Shared it with a few friends. I'm in hospitality myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Rooting for you, Long. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Hồ Chí Minh City!
Wishing you peace. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Hồ Chí Minh City.