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Ciudad de México flood relief - the Greenfield neighborhood

Neighbors in the Greenfield neighborhood are rebuilding after the flood; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.

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Rosa R. Montes
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Ciudad de México
The flood hit the Greenfield neighborhood on 20 January. My home was one of 45 damaged, and 8 families are still in temporary shelter at the community hall. The first few days we shared what little we had. Now the cleanup has started, but we've no money for materials and winter or the rainy season is coming. Schools in the area have been closed, and the clinic lost its cold storage for vaccines. We're a small community of working families who have never asked for help before. We have formed a volunteer committee, and I'm the treasurer, so I'll post receipts for everything we buy. Funds go to building materials, water purification supplies, bedding, and food for families still in shelters. Where the $1,550 goes: • Tools and labor for repairs: $290 • Food parcels for displaced families: $600 • Clean water and purification supplies: $230 • Roofing sheets and timber: $430 Every share and every dollar helps.
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Rosa

  1. Update from Ciudad de México: I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. We're at 41% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($545 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Small update. $250 so far, I made the first payment toward clean water and purification supplies.

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  • Nafula Muthoni Mbwambo 🇰🇪 · $500
  • Wegayehu Liya Hailemariam 🇪🇹 · $250

    “All the best. I'm in Adama, thinking of you. - Adama”

  • Kiran Dipesh Maharjan 🇳🇵 · $100
  • Oskar Andrzej Zakrzewski 🇵🇱 · $100
  • Henry G. Jackson 🇺🇸 · $75
  • Basma Farah Ismail 🇸🇦 · $50

    “Every little bit. Hope the April deadline works out. - Jeddah”

  • Rahayu Utami Mahendra 🇮🇩 · $50
  • Lorena Camila Lacerda 🇧🇷 · $50
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  • Bruna Júlia Campos 🇧🇷 · $25
  • Nolan F. Stone 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Myra H. Dwivedi 🇮🇳 · $25

    “Hope the April deadline works out. - Thiruvananthapuram”

  • Allison D. McDaniel 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Rudi Slamet Wardana 🇮🇩 · $20
  • Marisol C. Mora 🇲🇽 · $20

    “Every little bit. Saw your post and had to give. - Guadalajara”

  • Anonymous 🇯🇲 · $20
  • Lanre Musa Nwachukwu 🇳🇬 · $20

    “Sending love. Thought of Rosa all day after reading this.”

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  • Emery Harper

    Wishing you the best, Rosa. Hope you get there. I hope April is when things finally get easier.

    • Delilah B. Walsh

      Your post was clear and honest. We're a small family in Ottawa but we're thinking of you.

      • Edoardo Tommaso Montanari

        Thinking of you, Rosa. Hope this works out for you

        • Hakan Tolga Polat

          hope things get better soon. Shared this with my family. Take care.

          • Moshe Kobi Carmi

            Great idea, hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Nairobi

            • Divina D. Francisco

              Sending love, Rosa. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless.

              • Sumon Rubel RoyQuestion

                Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Rosa

                • Rosa R. MontesOwnerAnswer

                  Sure. The biggest one is tools and labor for repairs, $290. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Let me know if you want more detail.

              • Mim Parvin Talukder

                More neighborhoods should do this. After 11 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

                • Everett P. Rhodes

                  Hope it all works out, Rosa. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Lahore.

                  • Caroline Sullivan

                    Keep going. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Blessings

                    • John T. Weber

                      hope it all works out, Rosa. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Sent it to 10 people at work. Love from Leeds

                      • Mugisha Mwangi Ochieng

                        Thanks for sharing this. This could happen to any of us. Don't give up.

                        • İsmail Ömer Tekin

                          So sorry you're going through this, Rosa. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Put this on a community board in Buenos Aires this morning. Thinking of Ciudad de México

                          • Aarav S. Gill

                            Hope it all works out. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.

                            $1,501 raised of $1,550

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