Not an inspirational story. A real one—one that hit us hard and forced decisions.
My brother-in-law was diagnosed with ALS at 37. He hasn’t developed severe symptoms yet, but the blow had already landed. The diagnosis was enough to make us see with different eyes and understand what this disease really means. When you hear “ALS” in a doctor’s office, they don’t hand you a leaflet or a clear plan. They hand you vertigo—and an invisible calendar that starts running without knowing when or how.
From that moment, we started hearing other stories. Seeing what we hadn’t seen before. And coming face-to-face with realities that left us speechless:
Families who don’t know where to begin
Caregivers who burn out while carrying everything.
Homes that become cages because there’s no way to adapt them
Costs that no one can shoulder.
And a system that arrives late—when it arrives.
People who had no time to prepare
And were swallowed by shock and anguish.
Before exhaustion caught up with us. Before we froze. Before improvising in the middle of the storm. And not just for us, but for those who are receiving the same diagnosis today without knowing what to do.
It went from being a forum for small creative initiatives to having a clear purpose:
Turn what we know—and what the people around us know—into programs that generate real resources.
Help other families before it’s too late.
Build network, support, and solutions before collapse.
It’s about creating value where it’s most needed.
It’s about ensuring no family has to go through this alone.
If you’re wondering why we do what we do… this is the reason.
And for all this our implicit promise in every program we launch or promote is:
You will always receive much more value than you give.
Because when something is designed and applied with intention and over-delivery… it multiplies
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