Hands-on laborDisability & accessibilityUrgent
Build a wheelchair ramp for Paula in Iztapalapa
Paula uses a wheelchair and can't leave the house because of three steps at the door; we need a few hours of carpentry.
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Paula has used a wheelchair since 2024, and the house has three steps at the front door and no ramp. At the moment Paula 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 ten hours of work.
Tools are welcome - saws, drills, spirit levels. We'll provide refreshments, and Paula'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 Iztapalapa
- skills
- carpentry, measuring, power tools
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Sending good thoughts. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend
Keep going, Esperanza. Shared this with my family. God bless.
Thinking of you, Esperanza. Hope you get there. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Santos
this could happen to any of us. I went through something like this 9 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Iztapalapa.
your post was clear and honest. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.
Thinking of you and your family, Esperanza. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Blessings.
Sending good thoughts, Esperanza. Wishing Paula a smooth procedure and a full recovery. Love from Bronx.
Hang in there. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Jinja but we're thinking of you. Blessings
Thanks for sharing this, Esperanza. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home
Take care. Shared this with my family. We're a small family in Ikeja but we're thinking of you.