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Paulo is isolated after a serious car accident: a call a week would help
Paulo is housebound after a serious car accident and is looking for a friendly, patient person for a weekly call.
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After a serious car accident, I have been mostly housebound for 10 weeks. My family live far away, and the days can feel very long. I'm not looking for therapy - I've that covered - but for conversation.
I'm hoping for someone who can call for about 30 minutes once a week whenever suits us both. I like film, travel stories and poetry, and can listen to anything.
This can be from anywhere in the world as long as you speak English. We can arrange the calls through the platform, with email shared only when we're both comfortable.
Thanks for even thinking about it.
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- effort
- 30 minutes a week
- format
- Online or by phone
- skills
- listening, patience
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People who offered to help
- Lillian N. Campbell 🇺🇸 Accepted
i can give 4 hours a week for a month. Let me know how to start! Happy to chat first.
- Yusuf Mehmet Aydoğan 🇹🇷 Accepted
I live about 17 km from Contagem. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need Happy to chat first.
- Nabil Rashid 🇪🇬
I live about 10 km from Contagem. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need. Flexible on timing.
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Hang in there. Get well soon. We're a small family in Wollongong but we're thinking of you!
Thinking of you and your family, Paulo. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.
Sending strength, Paulo. Looking forward to the next update. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
keep going, Paulo. I hope things turn around soon. Love from Kyiv
Stay strong, Paulo. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Contagem.
Stay strong, Paulo. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Cambridge
stay strong. Hope this works out for you. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Blessings.
thinking of you, Paulo. Shared this with my family. Blessings.
Take care. Shared it with a few friends. Love from Jakarta Selatan
Wishing Paulo a smooth procedure and a full recovery. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care
Sending strength. Get well soon.
Thinking of you and your family, Paulo. Shared it with a few friends
Wishing you the best, Paulo. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Contagem.
Sending good thoughts. Shared this with my family. Take care.
Wishing you the best. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care.
Thinking of you. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. It's not much but it's yours.
a colleague of mine might know someone for this in Minas Gerais. I'll ask around and let you know
Thinking of you and your family. I hope things turn around soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Contagem.
Wishing you the best. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. Love from Iztapalapa
Hope things get better soon, Paulo. Your post was clear and honest. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Love from Latina.
This could happen to any of us. Sent it to 35 people at work.
Hope things get better soon, Paulo. Hope this works out for you. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.
Wishing you peace, Paulo. This could happen to any of us. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust
take care, Paulo. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Contagem
Hang in there, Paulo. Wishing Paulo a smooth procedure and a full recovery. My neighbor in Manila donated after I showed her your page. Love from Manila.
sending strength, Paulo. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Contagem.
hang in there. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I hope August is when things finally get easier. All the best.
wishing you peace. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
Hope this works out for you. Don't give up. Greetings from Hồ Chí Minh City.
Rooting for you, Paulo. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Contagem.
Best of luck, Paulo. Hope you get there
Praying for you, Paulo. It takes guts to ask. Well done
Sending good thoughts, Paulo. This could happen to any of us. I'm in retail myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
shared this with my family. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Heliopolis.