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Mobility fund: powered wheelchair for Fernanda in Santarém
Help Fernanda get a powered wheelchair so She can get to the shops and visit friends.
🇧🇷 Santarém, Pará, Brazil1,265 views
Fernanda lives with a rare neuromuscular condition. The occupational therapist at the Santarém Mobility Clinic has assessed her and recommended a powered wheelchair. The public scheme doesn't cover it, and the quote from the supplier is $1,950.
Her current equipment is 12 years old and keeps breaking, which has confined her to home for 6 weeks.
With the right equipment Fernanda 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 $1,950 goes:
• Delivery and set-up: $20
• powered wheelchair: $1,850
• Fitting and training sessions: $80
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Débora
Updates from Débora
Small update. $222 so far, I made the first payment toward delivery and set-up.
- André Xavier 🇧🇷 · $75
“Hope this helps. I'm in Campinas, thinking of you.”
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $20
- Gbenga Victor Hassan 🇳🇬 · $20
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $55
- Felipe André Batista 🇧🇷 · $10
- Taslima Rina Saha 🇧🇩 · $30
- Paul Mussa Kyagulanyi 🇰🇪 · $20
- Meenakshi K. Yadav 🇮🇳 · $100
- Iman Ines Abdallah 🇮🇹 · $5
“You got this. Been where you're, it gets better. - Palermo”
- Marites L. Uy 🇵🇭 · $20
- Sami Hadi Fahmy 🇸🇦 · $10
- Bhavani Raman 🇮🇳 · $25
“Hope things get better. Been where you are, it gets better. - Hyderabad”
- Savannah Mendoza 🇺🇸 · $10
- Jordan M. Tillman 🇺🇸 · $50
“Wish I could do more. - Glendale”
- Ephrem Ayele 🇪🇹 · $17
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Fernanda all day after reading this. - Adama”
- Khadija Chioma Alabi 🇳🇬 · $10
- Tuhin Joy Mahmud 🇧🇩 · $30
- Anonymous 🇯🇵 · $5
- Sarah H. Porter 🇬🇧 · $100
“From my family to yours. Please keep us posted. - Manchester”
- Maria K. Rivera 🇵🇭 · $10
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Hang in there, Débora. Wishing Fernanda a smooth procedure and a full recovery. All the best.
Keep going, Débora. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
so sorry you're going through this. Hope you get there. I'll check back for the next update. Take care
hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
Good luck, Débora. Shared this with my family. My neighbor in Davao City donated after I showed her your page.