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Rubina can't leave home - help build a ramp
Rubina uses a wheelchair and cannot leave the house because of three steps at the door; we need a few hours of carpentry.
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh1,039 views
Rubina has used a wheelchair since 2025, and the house has three steps at the front door and no ramp. At the moment Rubina 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 twelve hours of work.
Tools are welcome - saws, drills, spirit levels. We'll provide refreshments, and Rubina's family will cook lunch for the team.
Thank you so much.
- effort
- one weekend
- format
- In person in Dhaka
- skills
- carpentry, measuring, power tools
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I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Take care!
Best of luck, Jahid. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'll check back for the next update.
Thanks for sharing this, Jahid. Hope this works out for you. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.