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Mateo Nemer Pérez, a 12-year-old Bolivian, sold cartoon characters in order to pay for the new hip replacement required by her mother, Edith Pérez.
Although Edith has state-subsidized health insurance, it did not cover the operation, so she needed to get the money. The goal of 50,000 Bolivian pesos (23 million pesos) they managed to accumulate in three days with the sales and donations of the drawings, and will be operated on at the San Juan de Dios Municipal Hospital, in Santa Cruz (Bolivia), next week.
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The 34-year-old Edith’s health has been deteriorating in recent years and since May she has been using an orthopedic walker to move around. Therefore, he urgently requested a change of the prosthesis that he has had for six years and which, according to the complaint, Due to medical negligence, it has brought him greater physical complications to the point of not being able to walk.
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In a video, which went viral, exceeding 2 million views, Mateo offered the drawings of animated characters at 10 Bolivian pesos each (5,000 pesos approximately). The drawings are in black and white, on bond paper and framed with cardboard and iris paper.
Drawings by Mateo Nemer Pérez.
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“I am offering my drawings to help my mother to have surgery, my father died and there is only my grandmother, my aunt and me. I want to help her, she is suffering, her leg hurts and she cannot walk, she needs a hip replacement ”, Mateo said in the video.
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Edith is out of work due to her physical condition and has owed rent since January of this year. He used every possible idea to make a profit, even selling used clothes, but none of them worked. In the midst of despair, his son suggested that he start selling the drawings he had in his notebook, they made the video and began sales and donations.
The greatest desire of the family was power enjoy Mateo’s birthday, on December 10, without the anguish of not having to pay for the surgery. And they achieved that dream: “He now smiles and is very happy, we will have a happy birthday. We have an excellent relationship. I am his friend and counselor and because of the situation I am in, he takes great care of me. He’s a good boy ”, says Edith.
“A close family friend supported my son’s idea and helped us replicate it. We take advantage of the fact that we are in quarantine, that he likes to draw and we could sell them to have help, but we never thought that they would reach so many people ”, he adds. Mateo’s drawings have been sent to various cities in Bolivia, the United States, Europe and Mexico, among others.
“I am very grateful to God and the people who supported me. Now that I have the money I feel nervous, but lucky to get it. I have my hands on God I hope to recover to be able to work and support my son ”, says Edith.
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