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Mobility fund: cochlear implant processor upgrade for Paulo in Caxias do Sul
Paulo needs a cochlear implant processor upgrade that the health system won't fund; the cost is $2,450.
🇧🇷 Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil1,968 views
I live with muscular dystrophy. My occupational therapist at the Caxias do Sul Mobility Clinic has assessed me and recommended a cochlear implant processor upgrade. The public scheme doesn't cover it, and the quote from the supplier is $2,450.
My current equipment is 14 years old and keeps breaking, which has confined me to home for 8 weeks.
With the right equipment I could go to school independently. 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 $2,450 goes:
• cochlear implant processor upgrade: $2,350
• Delivery and set-up: $40
• Fitting and training sessions: $60
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Paulo
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- Bea S. Fernandez 🇺🇸 · $71
- Ayu Maya Kartika 🇮🇩 · $200
“Blessings. Thought of Paulo all day after reading this. - Jakarta”
- Darragh Kenny 🇮🇪 · $66
- Gerald Kennedy 🇬🇧 · $10
- Klaus Philipp Stein 🇩🇪 · $50
“Thought of Paulo all day after reading this. - Berlin”
- Hina Tamaki Hashimoto 🇯🇵 · $25
“Rooting for you. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Nagoya”
- Anderson Mateus Pinto 🇧🇷 · $200
“Get well soon. Thought of Paulo all day after reading this. - Santos”
- Auma Chebet Wafula 🇰🇪 · $5
- Unathi J. Van Wyk 🇿🇦 · $25
“Thought of Paulo all day after reading this. - Soweto”
- Hetal S. Solanki 🇮🇳 · $50
- Veronica Marino 🇮🇹 · $10
- Tess Van Beek 🇳🇱 · $25
- Heloísa Coelho 🇧🇷 · $25
- Joseph Victor Barasa 🇰🇪 · $25
- Auma Nancy Mrema 🇹🇿 · $50
- Rocío T. Benítez 🇦🇷 · $10
- Mugisha Macharia Juma 🇺🇬 · $25
- Andrzej Józef Krupa 🇵🇱 · $5
- Zubby Bolaji Eze 🇳🇬 · $75
“Stay strong. Thought of Paulo all day after reading this. - Benin City”
- Allison D. Matthews 🇨🇦 · $10
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Best of luck, Paulo. Shared this with my family.
Keep going, Paulo. This could happen to any of us. After 21 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Blessings.
Hope things get better soon, Paulo. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Thinking of Caxias do Sul
shared this with my family. I went through something like this 14 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care
Sending love. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Greensboro.
Sending strength, Paulo. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.