Ramon and Noemi Ramirez need help.

Living in the northeast community of Pineridge, Ramon suffers from a disease so rare it doesn’t have a name, with only eight others individuals in Canada diagnosed with similar symptoms.

Ramon's disease is extremely dehabiliting -- it has left him unable to speak, and with very limited mobility in his own home.

Noemi Ramirez has provided constant care to her husband, but due to a lack of wheelchair access in their home, to say this is difficult for her is an understatement:

In order to access the upper levels of their split-level house, Noemi must pull Ramon up and down the stairs using a rope.