18/02/2026
He is seventeen years old, yet he carries the responsibility of three lives.
Deep in eastern Serbia, Stefan cares for his immobile father and his 73 year old grandmother in a house that is slowly falling apart around them.
When Stefan was just three years old, his father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and has been immobile ever since. His mother left that same year and never returned. Since then, Stefan has become the only support holding this family together.
They survive on just A$330 per month, less than many families spend on groceries in a single week. That amount must cover food, medication, electricity and every basic necessity.
During the week, Stefan stays in a school dorm twenty kilometres away so he can continue his education. Every Friday he returns home with the same fear.
Did his father manage to get through the day.
Did his grandmother fall.
Did the fire go out.
Did the roof give way again.
Their roof leaks in several places. The walls are damp and the cold enters through every crack. These are not conditions in which an immobile man and an elderly woman can safely endure the winter.
Despite everything, Stefan does not complain. He asks for nothing. He quietly pushes his father’s wheelchair through mud and narrow spaces, carrying a responsibility no child should bear.
But he should not have to carry it alone.
Your support can provide urgent repairs to the leaking roof and damaged walls, a functional wheelchair for his father, a safe access ramp to the house, safer living conditions in cold and damp rooms, food and essential supplies, and support for a grandmother who has little strength left.
These are not extras. These are the basics required for dignity and survival.
Stefan has carried everything by himself for years. He does not have to anymore.
The link to donate is in our bio.
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