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Lerato can't leave home - help build a ramp
Help Lerato regain independence: a simple ramp build.
🇿🇦 Western Cape, South Africa97 views
Lerato has used a wheelchair since 2023, and the house has three steps at the front door and no ramp. At the moment Lerato 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 eight hours of work.
Tools are welcome - saws, drills, spirit levels. We'll provide refreshments, and Lerato's family will cook lunch for the team.
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- effort
- one weekend
- format
- In person in Stellenbosch
- skills
- carpentry, measuring, power tools
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Thanks for sharing this. Hope you get there
So sorry you're going through this, Gerhard. Shared this with my family. I hope November is when things finally get easier. God bless.
Sending love, Gerhard. Hope you get there. God bless.
So sorry you're going through this. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I hope November is when things finally get easier. God bless.
Hope you get there. Thinking of Stellenbosch.