Alverca / Serpa: Alentejo journalist asks friends not to starve.
Manuel José Madeira, natural Serpa, former journalist of "Capital" and "The Ball" live dramatic moments. The disease has taken him three times asking for money to friends.
The reside in Alverca for many years, living alone, parents and sister died, and in mid-March, Manuel Madeira (pictured with another Alentejo, Bruno Pires, Redondo, National Cycling Champion and former colleague of current Alberto Contador, na Tinkoff / Saxo), back through your blog, http://veloluso.blogspot.pt/, to issue a challenge to cycling friends to help, sending him some money to "survive".
The Alentejo journalist was the author of many prose about cycling. The Tour of Portugal, Volta to Espanha, passing of course by Around the Alentejo, Wood made the cover for two newspapers. The disease, first one, ingratitude after and finally the revolt, led him to the state.
It was with a cry of "HELP ME!…", the Alentejo left the message: "It's, extremely embarrassed I return, I think the 3rd time asking for help to friends I have left ".
Ashamed, but not resigned, Manuel Wood wrote in his blog: "I am not able to leave home. It is an old friend who brings me to the health center ", accusing the Institute of Social Security and despite medical advice administratively decide that "did not fulfill the conditions necessary for its Reformed Disability, this will already there one year ", adding that "of all the resources made, the latter is in the ISS litigation there… six months mais… and the best I got was the Social Benefit Insertion!".
Outspoken and unafraid of the future and their fate, Manuel Madeira, fire off: "As I have no one in my charge, as Gypsies, for example, they can sign up as their, all of them, the children of neighbors… I get 150,69 € per month… and, next to me, the Post Office, I see young people under 30 year old, that ethnicity, receiving 600,00 €. How many years have discounted for Social Security?".
At the bottom of his dramatic message, journalist serpentine, opens the heart to friends and asks: "Ten, 15 people, with 10,00 € can help me pay for electricity…
I know that life is bad for all… So I'm walking ashamed to beg… Thanks to those who can, and want to help me… My NIB is 0035 0083 00016290431 68".
A hard and dramatic, but true reality. A journalist to beg help from friends. Many do not forgotten, as was my case and has helped
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
