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Mobility fund: stair-climbing aid for Gbenga in Wudil
Help Gbenga get a stair-climbing aid so He can get to the shops and visit friends.
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Gbenga lives with muscular dystrophy. The occupational therapist at the Wudil Mobility Clinic has assessed him and recommended a stair-climbing aid. The public scheme doesn't cover it, and the quote from the supplier is $1,200.
His current equipment is 11 years old and keeps breaking, which has confined him to home for 3 weeks.
With the right equipment Gbenga 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.
Funds go toward the equipment, delivery, fitting and a year of servicing.
Where the $1,200 goes:
• Delivery and set-up: $25
• stair-climbing aid: $1,150
• First-year servicing plan: $25
Glad we found this place.
- Ifeoma
Updates from Ifeoma
We're at 66% thanks to 14 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($509 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Lily George 🇺🇸 · $15
- Rizwan Umar Siddiqui 🇵🇰 · $72
- Paul Festus Eze 🇳🇬 · $68
“You got this. Thought of Gbenga all day after reading this. - Lagos”
- Seema A. Meena 🇮🇳 · $50
- Marlene B. Khumalo 🇿🇦 · $5
- Saga Gunilla Berglund 🇸🇪 · $25
- Joshua P. Pangilinan 🇵🇭 · $50
- Alyona Savchenko 🇷🇺 · $50
- Manuel W. Francisco 🇺🇸 · $5
- Vanessa J. Salvador 🇵🇭 · $21
- Gita Eka Gunawan 🇮🇩 · $50
- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $30
- Melanie N. Fitzgerald 🇬🇧 · $20
- Zainab Halima Zakari 🇳🇬 · $5
“Be well. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Benin City”
- Peyton G. Bishop 🇬🇧 · $50
- Kiprop Mugisha Mugisha 🇹🇿 · $5
“From my family to yours. My colleague told me about this one. - Arusha”
- Carter B. Alexander 🇬🇧 · $50
- Boon Anucha Kittisak 🇹🇭 · $30.50
- Maverick S. Bowers 🇺🇸 · $20
- Kagiso C. Petersen 🇿🇦 · $30
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Wishing Gbenga a smooth procedure and a full recovery. I went through something like this 4 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best.
Thinking of you and your family, Ifeoma. Shared it with a few friends. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Wudil!
Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. Love from Bogor.