An accessible castle for Sofia.

After a serious accident, 16-year-old Sofia is relearning how to live. Now she needs help to transform her home into a space where she can continue her recovery.

Sofia, from Alcobaça, was only 16 years old when, in December 2025, she suffered a serious car accident that changed her life forever. Until that moment, she was a young woman like so many others: full of dreams, plans, and the energy typical of her age. In an instant, all of that was suspended.

For three months, Sofia remained in a coma. Three months of uncertainty, waiting, and a silent struggle between life and death. When she finally woke up, she began an extremely demanding journey, which she continues to this day. Since April 2026, she has been undergoing intensive rehabilitation, relearning basic functions that many of us take for granted.

When the time comes to return home, a new obstacle is encountered. The family home, located on the third floor without an elevator, no longer fully meets their needs. What should be a place of comfort and relaxation has, in practice, become inaccessible.

Sofia está em processo de recuperação

For Sofia to return home safely and with dignity, several urgent adaptations are necessary. These include the installation of a stairlift, the construction of an access ramp on the public road, as well as interior renovations to the home, such as widening doorways and remodeling the bathroom. These changes are essential to guarantee mobility, the greatest possible autonomy, and basic quality of life.

Pedrinhas has already started this process, coordinating with the condominium and the Alcobaça City Council, but the completion of these works depends on financial support that the family cannot afford on its own.

That's why we launched this campaign.

We need everyone's help to give Sofia something that should be simple: the possibility of continuing her recovery in the comfort and safety of her own home. Every contribution will make a difference. Every donation will help transform barriers into access, limitations into possibilities, and an inaccessible space into a true home.

Sofia continues to fight every day. She hasn't given up, despite everything she's faced. Now, she needs others not to give up on her either.

Sofia era praticante de hipismo

About the author

Cooperativa Pedrinhas is a Non-Governmental Organization for People with Disabilities (NGO-PD), a non-profit organization that emerged in 2018 with the mission of supporting children and young people with cancer or similarly serious illnesses.

“A Castle – Little Stone by Little Stone” is our greatest challenge. Our goal is to rehabilitate the homes of underprivileged families so that children and young people, who are our “Precious Little Stones,” can have their own Castle with all the conditions that allow them to live comfortably at home, close to those they love most. Thus, we physically intervene in the beneficiaries' homes, improving living conditions such as accessibility, thermal comfort, and other needs.

Pedrinhas was born from the joy and energy of Pedrinho who, for about five years, lived with crazy cell disease, which eventually took him from this world at 10 years and 364 days old.

Pedrinho left behind a lot of love and a creative imagination, his "Pedrinhongos," which led to the creation of our Cooperative. We are a true "Pedrinho-esque Family" with a desire to make children happy and to never give up on dreaming in their "Castles."

Budget and due dates

• Stairlift: €13,997.81
• Home adaptation works: €9,532.50
• Other associated costs: €6,469.69

Total cost of the project: €30,000

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