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Joy needs a prosthetic leg - help us make it happen
Help Joy get a prosthetic leg so She can attend work interviews.
🇳🇬 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria1,866 views
I live with cerebral palsy. My occupational therapist at the Lagos Rehabilitation Centre has assessed me and recommended a prosthetic leg. The public scheme doesn't cover it, and the quote from the supplier is $550.
My current equipment is 12 years old and keeps breaking, which has confined me to home for 5 weeks.
With the right equipment I could attend work interviews. It would change my everyday life and my ability to work from home.
We've applied to two charities already and received small contributions; this campaign covers the rest.
Funds go toward the equipment, delivery, fitting and a year of servicing.
Where the $550 goes:
• prosthetic leg: $440
• Fitting and training sessions: $45
• Delivery and set-up: $10
• First-year servicing plan: $55
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
Updates from Joy
Thank you all. We're at 84% now ($463). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
Quick update: $130 raised so far (24%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Madhuri R. Mehta 🇮🇳 · $247.50
- Leonardo Leonardo Prado 🇧🇷 · $100
- Anonymous 🇯🇵 · $73
“Happy to help. My cousin told me about this one. - Sakai”
- Isaac Emmanuel Yeboah 🇬🇭 · $56
“You got this. Been where you're, it gets better. - Madina”
- Arthur Leclerc 🇫🇷 · $50
- Zeeshan Haris Niazi 🇵🇰 · $50
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25
“Thinking of you. Shared with friends too. - Thane”
- Nicholas N. Gordon 🇯🇲 · $25
“Hang in there. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Half-Way Tree”
- Kalyani Vaidyanathan 🇮🇳 · $20
- Amit M. Gill 🇮🇳 · $10
- Citlali S. Jiménez 🇺🇸 · $10
“Blessings. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Akron”
- Tayyaba Iqra Baig 🇵🇰 · $10
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hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Lagos.
is there anything that isn't money that would help Joy?
Sharing the link is the biggest thing. And if you know anything about prosthetic leg, advice is welcome too. Ask me anything else.
Thanks for sharing this, Joy. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from London.
sending good thoughts, Joy. Wishing Joy a smooth procedure and a full recovery. Love from Setagaya.
Good luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Juiz de Fora.