This is the story of my cousin Hana, a brave 15-year-old girl who fights a massive battle every day with spinal muscular atrophy.

Hana is cheerful, persistent, and eager to live as independently as her peers. Unfortunately, in early childhood she was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, which significantly makes movement and everyday functioning difficult for her.

Hana needs a special wheelchair that would partially ease her daily life and help her at school, especially considering that Serbia is still not very accessible for people who use wheelchairs. This wheelchair has advanced features—it can move up and down stairs on its own, adjust body position, and includes additional options that greatly improve her everyday life.

Two weeks ago, Hana and her family traveled to Switzerland to try out this wheelchair, and the testing went very well.

The cost of the wheelchair is 50,019.44 CHF (Swiss francs), which is approximately 56,000 USD (US dollars) and around 52,000 EUR (euros)—not including additional customs and tax costs. This is an amount her family cannot afford on their own.

That’s why we are raising funds to help Hana achieve:

Now it’s our turn—people with big hearts.

Every donation, regardless of the amount, brings us one step closer to giving Hana the opportunity for an easier and more dignified life. If you are not able to donate, it would mean a lot if you could share this story and help it reach as many people as possible.

Hana and her family are deeply grateful for every bit of support, love, and help.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

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Zdravo svima,

Ovo je priča o mojoj rođaki Hani (15), čija je porodica poreklom iz Mokrina, a žive u Novom Sadu, gde Hana pohađa Gimnaziju. Ona je hrabra devojčica koja svakog dana vodi veliku borbu sa spinalnom mišićnom atrofijom. Hana je vedra, uporna i željna da živi što samostalnije kao i njeni vršnjaci.

Nažalost, u najranijem detinjstvu ustanovljeno je da boluje od spinalne mišićne atrofije, što joj značajno otežava kretanje i svakodnevno funkcionisanje. Hani su potrebna specijalna kolica koja bi joj delimično olakšala svakodnevni život i boravak u školi, posebno imajući u vidu da Srbija još uvek nije dovoljno pristupačna za osobe koje koriste kolica. Ova kolica imaju napredne funkcije – mogu sama da se kreću uz i niz stepenice, menjaju položaj tela i poseduju dodatne opcije koje značajno olakšavaju njenu svakodnevnicu.

Pre dve nedelje, Hana je sa svojom porodicom bila u Švajcarskoj na probnom korišćenju ovih kolica i testiranje je prošlo odlično. Cena kolica iznosi 50.019,44 CHF (švajcarskih franaka), što je otprilike 56.000 USD (američkih dolara) i oko 52.000 EUR (evra) — bez dodatnih troškova carine i poreza. Ovo je iznos koji njena porodica ne može sama da obezbedi.

Zato prikupljamo sredstva kako bismo Hani omogućili:

-lakše kretanje i veću samostalnost

-sigurniji boravak u školi

-kvalitetniji i dostojanstveniji svakodnevni život

Sada smo na redu mi – ljudi velikog srca.

Svaka donacija, bez obzira na iznos, znači korak bliže tome da Hana dobije priliku za lakši i dostojanstveniji život. Ako niste u mogućnosti da donirate, mnogo bi značilo da podelite ovu priču i pomognete da stigne do što više ljudi. Hana i njena porodica su neizmerno zahvalni na svakoj podršci, ljubavi i pomoći.

Hvala vam od srca.