I'm not sure whether you've heard of it, but GoFundMe has helped some people raise money rather quickly in urgent times! I'm not sure how far internationally their services reach, but it may be something you'd like to look into.

@neoxian I know you sometimes give out loans, and this seems to be a serious case, so I figured I'd tag you here in case you two would like to potentially work something out. It's a rather sizeable amount.