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Get Heloísa back on the road: my tuk-tuk repair fund
Without my tuk-tuk Heloísa cannot work; a $400 repair would put her back on the road.
🇧🇷 Santos, São Paulo, Brazil1,630 views
I make my living with my tuk-tuk. 7 weeks ago the suspension failed, and the mechanic says the repair will cost $400. Without the vehicle I earn nothing.
I have been borrowing from friends to pay rent, and now I have run out of people to ask.
I support my wife and our newborn. Before the breakdown I worked nine hours a day, six days a week. I have been offered extra shifts for the next six months if I can just get the vehicle working.
I have a written estimate from a certified mechanic and will upload it here.
All money will go toward the parts and labor on the estimate, with a small amount for road tax and insurance renewal.
Where the $400 goes:
• suspension replacement (parts): $180
• Labor charges: $120
• Road tax and insurance renewal: $75
• Towing and inspection: $25
Thanks for reading all this.
Updates from Heloísa
Small update. $120 so far, I made the first payment toward towing and inspection.
Small update. $170 so far, the plan for towing and inspection is now scheduled.
We're at 21% thanks to 4 of you. the plan for labor charges is now scheduled. More news soon.
- Anonymous 🇮🇪 · $180
“Sending love. Only $180 but hope it helps. - Dublin”
- Massimo Marco Sanna 🇮🇹 · $48
“Only $48 but hope it helps. - Milan”
- Julián M. González 🇦🇷 · $30
- Liam P. Byrd 🇺🇸 · $25
“My sister told me about this one. - Boston”
- Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $25
- Efua Mabel Yeboah 🇬🇭 · $20
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $20
- Alberto A. Chávez 🇺🇸 · $20
“From my family to yours. Thought of Heloísa all day after reading this. - Albany”
- Vani J. Gurjar 🇮🇳 · $20
- Yuri Timur Soloviev 🇺🇦 · $20
- Henry Yinka Williams 🇳🇬 · $15
- Musyoka Otieno Otieno 🇰🇪 · $15
- Arturo F. Ortiz 🇲🇽 · $12
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Keep going, Heloísa. Your post was clear and honest. My neighbor in Coventry donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Coventry.
is there anything that isn't money that would help Heloísa?
Thank you. If you're in Santos I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Ask me anything else.
Hope it all works out. Shared it with a few friends. Sent it to 20 people at work
Take care. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Santos