Brief uit Brazilië

14 februari 2017

Dan krijg je ineens een mail uit Brazilië en is het heel erg dat Stichting Ambulance Wens nog niet in alle landen werkzaam is. Je voelt je echt machteloos op zo'n moment. Dear sir and madam, First of all, congratulations for your admirable and touching work! I do apologise for not being able to write in Dutch. As I was searching for an option to try and help my brother's father-in-law, who is a terminal patient, I came across your website. This patient has been on and off away from his own home and grandchildren for the last 6 years and now the doctor has just told the family he has only 2 months of life. He is in São Paulo city (Brazil) and his home is in central Bahia State, over 1000 km away... The family has no financial resources to pay for a proper transportation and take him back home, where he would like to see his children and grandchildren for the last time... I am aware that Brazil is a long way from the Netherlands, but I still wonder if, somehow you could help this 60+ year-old father to go back home to be reunited with his family and rest among his dear ones... I would be eternally grateful if I could hear back from you. Yours faithfully, Léa Guimarães da Silva