Hi, My name is Alexander Kingston, and I am trying to fundraising for a friend of mine (a friend like a brother). 

My friend, Mitchel is 34 years old, and recently discovered that he has an exceedingly rare type of soft tissue cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma. (More information: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8973688/)

The terrible discovery came as a shocking surprise at an unexpected time and age! He went to the hospital because he was lightheaded with dual vision, and after being on the ICU for 10 days the doctors discovered that he had cancer but they couldn't locate it. This happened only 6 months after Mitchel decided to leave Brazil to build a new and better life in Lisbon, Portugal. 

Although the Portuguese Government decided to expedite his immigration process so he would have access to free health care, this temporary assistance doesn't extend to medication nor living assistance. 

Currently, he has been very debilitated with many restrictions including not being able to take public transportation due to his declining immune response. Remaining close to the Lisbon/Portugal Oncology Institute (IPO) is critical but without the ability to work, it has become significantly difficult for him to continue to live nearby the oncology institute.

I've been doing everything I can to help; I reached out and spoke with Social Workers in Lisbon; I have been visiting him every 3-4 weeks; however, at this point, he doesn't know how much longer he will be able to support himself nor how much longer he will have a place to live while he is waiting for the Portuguese Government to decide if they will make an exception to approve additional financial assistance, which the social worker alreadh mentioned that it is unlikely due to insufficient social security payments (only 6 months of payments).

My next trip to Portugal is scheduled for June, shortly after his third chemotherapy session, and my goal is to fundraise enough for him to no longer have to worry about a place to live and how to afford medication as well as a healthy diet during this critical time. 

At this point, he has been very anxious and afraid of not having a place to live for much longer. This type of distress can worsen his immune response and compromise his treatment. I wish I could help him myself but as an autistic/disable person myself, I have very limited income. 

My hope is that I can fundraise just enough for him to be able to afford a place to live nearby the Lisbon/Portuguese Oncology Institute for the next few months while he continue to have monthly treatments (very intensive chemotherapy; highest dose and strongest type of chemotherapy that require 3-4 days of ICU hospital care every time). 

Thank You For Your Time, Consideration, Prayers, Help and Support!