Public Donates Over $130K to Man With Disability to Buy Wheelchair-Accessible BTO Flat

If your only experience with other humans was limited to social media and the comments section on YouTube, you’d think humanity was pretty rotten.

Why is everyone so mean to each other? Where is all this hatred coming from?

But humanity – being compassionate and showing love for one another – can be found if you look in the right places.

Petitions and crowdfunding campaigns are one area where you’ll see all sorts of people, giving up their time or money to help someone in need.

And in this instance, kind-hearted netizens have helped a man find a home.

Public Donates Over $130K to Man With Disability to Buy Wheelchair-Accessible BTO Flat

A man suffering from a disability has exceeded his crowdfunding target of $120,000 to buy a flat after a great number of benevolent donors stepped forward to lend financial support.

At the time of writing, the public has donated $130,370 to Aaron Wong, a 40-year-old man suffering from muscular dystrophy.

Wong had started the campaign to raise funds to purchase a two-room Build-to-Order (BTO) flat which costs around $180,000. This includes the cost of renovation to make the flat wheelchair accessible.

On his crowdfunding page, Wong stated that he would be able to pay $60,000 for the flat through government grants, his personal savings, and a bank loan. Fortunately for him, he now has more than the $120,000 needed to pay the remaining amount.

Diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy at 12

It was in 1993, when Wong was 12, that he was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth, a rare form of muscular dystrophy. Those with the disease typically have smaller and weaker muscles in their arms and legs, which will weaken with time.

Despite all the odds, Wong was determined to do everything his peers could, including excelling in his studies. He did just that by attaining a Masters of Science in 2006, at the age of 25.

Five years later, as the disease progressed, Wong found that he could no longer stand up from a sitting position on his own. This only worsened with time, as he soon needed help with all the simple movements that we take for granted.

Yearning for a life of independence and hoping to ease the burden on his ageing parents, Wong moved back to Singapore from Canada.

While he eventually managed to find a place to live at a residential facility, and even a part-time job with a multinational corporation, Wong desired a place of his own, as living at the facility has hampered his ability to reintegrate into society and the workforce.

Hopefully, once he buys his new home, he can do just that.

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