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The movement began in In early June 2026 when Brazilian teenagers with life‑threatening rare diseases launched began launching online campaigns to finance pay for treatments unavailable in not covered by the public health system. A cake‑sale 15‑year‑old from Capão da Canoa with thalassemia‑related bilateral retinopathy sought funds for a teen intra‑ocular injections, while another 15‑year‑old, Mateus Carrer Dela Justina, was diagnosed with acute intermittent porphyria quickly after an appendectomy and needed roughly R$ 250 000 for medication and intensive care. A school‑yard cake‑sale in São Paulo raised over R$ 190,000. 754 and helped the online drive exceed R$ 190 000. In early July the scope focus widened to a 45‑year‑old Brazilian tennis coach hospitalized in France with dermatomyositis, whose family sought roughly launched a US$ 265,000 after limited insurance coverage, while 265 000 campaign and received coordination from the Public Defender’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs pursued medical assistance and a for possible lung‑transplant referral. That assistance. The same month, brothers Pedro and Tiago Fleming, 13 and younger from Acre, were accepted into a U.S. gene‑therapy trial for limb‑girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C with osteopetrosis. Their family opened a nationwide “vakinha” and Pix drive aiming at “Vida para Pedro e Tiago” campaign targeted about US$ 1 million; R$ 5.2 million, drawing support from local officials, bar associations associations, and social‑media appeals that had already raised more than R$ 132,000, short of a over R$ 5 million target. 132 000. High‑profile support came backing arrived on 11 July when footballer Richarlison donated R$ 60,000 60 000 to a separate infant’s treatment campaign, drive, raising public awareness. On 29 July, auction house Galileu Leilões in Rio Branco organized a live fundraising event, joining event with national auction partners, Líder Consórcios and Líder Seguros, to raise raising roughly R$ 5.2 million (≈US$ 1 million) for the Fleming brothers. The proceeds are earmarked for brothers to cover travel, medical and trial expenses, underscoring a race against time because costs before the U.S. trial accepts children only up to trial’s age 13. These coordinated public‑private efforts highlight persistent gaps limit of 13 closes. By early August, Brazilian singers Nathanzinho Lima and Leonardo publicly endorsed the Fleming campaign, with Leonardo’s autographed guitar slated for auction, underscoring continued celebrity involvement in Brazil’s health system that force patients the nationwide effort to seek costly, often overseas, specialist care. bridge Brazil’s health‑care gaps for rare‑disease patients.