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A day in the garden: help Amaya in Negombo

Amaya, 81, can no longer manage the yard after a storm; we're looking for helpers with chainsaws and rakes.

🇱🇰 11298, Negombo, Western, Sri Lanka1,169 views
Amaya Lasanthi Wijesinghe
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Negombo
I'm 81 and I have lived in this house in Negombo for 45 years. After the storm in June, two large branches and a fallen fence have blocked the back door and the garden path. I can no longer manage them myself because of a heart condition. The council has told me it will be twelve weeks before they can send someone. I'd feel much safer if it were cleared sooner. Help needed: someone with a chainsaw, plus a few people with rakes and gloves. I'll provide tea, sandwiches and the green waste bags. A few hours will do. You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
effort
3–5 hours
format
In person in Negombo
skills
chainsaw, gardening, hauling
#garden#elderly#cleanup

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  • Selam Tigist Kahsay 🇪🇹

    I live about 10 km from Negombo. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need. Flexible on timing.

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  • Omondi Tumusiime Ouma

    Wishing you peace, Amaya. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Hubballi

    • Modupe Uche Nwankwo

      Take care, Amaya. I hope things turn around soon. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Thinking of Negombo.

      • Peace Peace Igwe

        take care, Amaya. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. God bless

        • Shawn P. Sullivan

          Get well soon. We're a small family in Fort Worth but we're thinking of you.

          • Hudson Franklin

            shared it with a few friends. Wish I lived closer to Casablanca so I could bring a meal. Take care

            • Lillian D. Yates

              Best of luck, Amaya. It takes guts to ask. Well done

              • Maria F. AlcantaraID verified

                Take care, Amaya. Hope you get there. Thinking of Negombo

                • Rohan L. Savla

                  wishing you the best, Amaya. This could happen to any of us. I'll check back for the next update.

                  • Rachel W. Hatfield

                    looking forward to the next update. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Cork.

                    • Teodoro K. Soriano

                      Keep going. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless!

                      • Ömer Hasan Şahin

                        I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. I'm in teaching myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you

                        • Murilo Caio Bastos

                          Gave what I could, wish it was more. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from San Antonio

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