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Cyclone in Sydney: help Eastgate village rebuild

The cyclone damaged 41 homes in Eastgate village. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.

🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2,287 views
Courtney C. Prescott
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Sydney
The cyclone hit Eastgate village on 11 May. My home was one of 41 damaged, and 2 families are still in temporary shelter at the sports club. 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. We buy supplies locally and in bulk, so the money goes further. Receipts and photos will be posted in updates. Where the $6,000 goes: • Tools and labor for repairs: $2,000 • Roofing sheets and timber: $3,450 • Clean water and purification supplies: $550 Glad we found this place. - Courtney

Updates from Courtney

  1. Update from Sydney: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 26% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Update from Sydney: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 20% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. We're at 6% thanks to 13 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.

  • Günter Felix Maier 🇩🇪 · $25
  • Gabriela Lúcia Guimarães 🇧🇷 · $25

    “Hope it all works out. Thought of Courtney all day after reading this. - Santos”

  • Isla Fitzgerald 🇺🇸 · $199
  • Lâm Phong Phan 🇻🇳 · $20
  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $20
  • Orhan Murat Yalçın 🇹🇷 · $1,000

    “Wishing you the best. Been where you're, it gets better. - İzmir”

  • Ning Yu Li 🇺🇸 · $5
  • Joseph Onyango Juma 🇺🇬 · $5

    “Wish I could do more. Thought of Courtney all day after reading this. - Kampala”

  • Helene Brigitte König 🇩🇪 · $45
  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $20
  • Shima Das 🇧🇩 · $30
  • Juliet Obiageli Odukoya 🇳🇬 · $10

    “Best of luck. Been where you are, it gets better. - Bonny”

  • Hesti Tika Budiman 🇮🇩 · $52
  • Emilia Frieda Schmitt 🇩🇪 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $25

    “Hope this helps. Saw your post and had to give. - Peshawar”

  • Liliana S. Jimenez 🇺🇸 · $50

    “Keep your head up. Hope you get the rest soon. - Raleigh”

  • Aurora Aurora Santoro 🇮🇹 · $13.50
  • Reza Galih Yuliani 🇮🇩 · $10
  • Kevin D. Tomas 🇵🇭 · $10
  • Ethan G. Matthews 🇺🇸 · $10

    “You got this. From Pittsburgh with love.”

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  • Wishing you the best. Great idea, hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Mumbai.

    • Good luck, Courtney. Your post was clear and honest. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Take care.

      • sending love, Courtney. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.

        • shared this with my family. Thinking of Sydney.

          • Best of luck, Courtney. This could happen to any of us. My husband and I read this together. Blessings.

            • praying for you, Courtney. Hope this works out for you. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.

              $3,404.50 raised of $6,000

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