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Dhaka fire in the settlement relief - the families of Greenfield Lane
The fire in the settlement damaged 80 homes in the families of Greenfield Lane. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Bangladesh1,305 views
The fire in the settlement hit the families of Greenfield Lane on 3 June. My home was one of 80 damaged, and 8 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.
Funds go to building materials, water purification supplies, bedding, and food for families still in shelters.
Where the $1,050 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $530
• Clean water and purification supplies: $140
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $75
• Food parcels for displaced families: $210
• Tools and labor for repairs: $95
Glad we found this place.
- Sumon
Updates from Sumon
Thank you all. We're at 15% now ($160). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward food parcels for displaced families.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 4% funded and the plan for clean water and purification supplies is now scheduled. - Sumon
- Vani E. Dhawan 🇮🇳 · $100
“Hope things get better. Hope the August deadline works out. - Hubballi”
- Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $25
“Thought of Sumon all day after reading this. - Dar es Salaam”
- Kavita T. Panwar 🇮🇳 · $21
- Ratul Shuvo Sarker 🇧🇩 · $20
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $18
- Hazel K. Salvador 🇵🇭 · $10
- Angel L. Mendoza 🇺🇸 · $10
- Opio Kiprop Massawe 🇰🇪 · $5
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So sorry you're going through this. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home
Hope things get better soon, Sumon. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. God bless.
Sending love. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. After 26 years in construction I know how hard it is to ask for anything. Thinking of Dhaka.
Keep going, Sumon. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Thrissur
projects like this are what make a place worth living in. It's not much but it's yours. Blessings.
Thanks for sharing this. Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Ho this morning. Take care.