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Flávio needs a specialist standing frame - help us make it happen
Help Flávio get a specialist standing frame so He can get to the shops and visit friends.
🇧🇷 Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil4,539 views
Flávio lives with an amputation below the knee. The occupational therapist at the Porto Alegre Rehabilitation Centre has assessed him and recommended a specialist standing frame. The public scheme doesn't cover it, and the quote from the supplier is $2,300.
His current equipment is 15 years old and keeps breaking, which has confined him to home for 12 weeks.
With the right equipment Flávio could get to the shops and visit friends. It would change everyday life for the whole family.
We've applied to two charities already and received small contributions; this campaign covers the rest.
I'll pay the supplier directly from the funds, and I'll post a photo once the equipment is delivered.
Where the $2,300 goes:
• First-year servicing plan: $100
• specialist standing frame: $2,100
• Fitting and training sessions: $100
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Rafaela
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- Irma Elsa Siregar 🇮🇩 · $500
“Be well. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Yogyakarta”
- Aparecida Elaine Freitas 🇧🇷 · $250
- Rafael Otávio Pacheco 🇧🇷 · $250
“Thought of Flávio all day after reading this. - Contagem”
- Arturo B. Navarro 🇨🇴 · $100
- Anonymous 🇩🇪 · $100
- Aadhya N. Gill 🇮🇳 · $100
- Caroline D. Martinez 🇺🇸 · $100
- Simone Gomes 🇧🇷 · $100
- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $100
- Wendy S. Rios 🇺🇸 · $70.50
- Liliana R. Gill 🇬🇧 · $50
- Hitomi Imai 🇯🇵 · $50
- Isabel F. Ramos 🇵🇭 · $50
“Thought of Flávio all day after reading this. - Iloilo City”
- Gloria T. Palmer 🇬🇧 · $50
“Get well soon. Hope the March deadline works out. - Birmingham”
- Ratul Hasan Das 🇧🇩 · $50
- Naresh H. Garg 🇮🇳 · $50
- Uchenna Samuel Nnamdi 🇳🇬 · $50
- Greta Petra Pfeiffer 🇩🇪 · $50
“Wish I could do more. I'm in Regensburg, thinking of you. - Regensburg”
- Isabel C. Escobar 🇲🇽 · $45.50
- Alejandro K. Díaz 🇲🇽 · $45
“All the best. Thought of Flávio all day after reading this. - Guadalajara”
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Keep going. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Love from Auckland
Stay strong. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from San Diego
hope you get there. Thinking of Porto Alegre
Thinking of you and your family, Rafaela. Shared this with my family. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Porto Alegre.
sending love, Rafaela. Shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in Shinjuku this morning. Blessings
Best of luck, Rafaela. I hope things turn around soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Jakarta.
You're not alone, Rafaela. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day!