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Edinburgh flood relief - the Lakeview settlement

After the flood, families in the Lakeview settlement need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.

🇬🇧 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom3,023 views
Lydia Juarez
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Edinburgh
The flood hit the Lakeview settlement on 26 September. My home was one of 17 damaged, and 6 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 $6,500 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $4,150 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $740 • Tools and labor for repairs: $1,610 Glad we found this place.

Updates from Lydia

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 31% funded and I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts.

  2. We're at 20% thanks to 39 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($502 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  • Jack P. Fernandez 🇺🇸 · $33.50
  • Omolara Chidinma Eze 🇳🇬 · $10

    “Happy to help. Hope you get the rest soon. - Gwagwalada”

  • Anonymous 🇿🇦 · $15

    “Thinking of you. Thought of Lydia all day after reading this. - Cape Town”

  • Ignacio D. Castro 🇲🇽 · $10

    “Sending love. Gave what I could this week. - Coyoacán”

  • Owen K. Kirby 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $50
  • Kamil Sebastian Krupa 🇵🇱 · $25

    “Sending love. - Kraków”

  • Brenda B. Washington 🇺🇸 · $100

    “Thought of Lydia all day after reading this. - Austin”

  • Guilherme Cláudio Marques 🇧🇷 · $100
  • Janet Massawe 🇺🇬 · $10
  • Sebastian P. Leonard 🇺🇸 · $50

    “Hope the December deadline works out. - Anaheim”

  • Majid Hadi Yassin 🇪🇬 · $5
  • Lucía G. Fernández 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Pablo C. Acosta 🇲🇽 · $100
  • Siti Fani Gunawan 🇮🇩 · $5
  • Corinne Leroy 🇫🇷 · $50

    “Be well - Toulouse”

  • Konrad Henryk Witkowski 🇵🇱 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $10

    “From my family to yours. My colleague told me about this one. - Bergamo”

  • Charmaine W. Soriano 🇵🇭 · $76.50
  • Rowan W. Martin 🇬🇧 · $20

    “Wish I could do more. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Southampton”

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  • Jimena E. CabreraPhoto verified

    Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Dodoma

    • any update on how things are going in Edinburgh?

      • Praying for you, Lydia. Hope you get there. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out.

        • is there anything that isn't money that would help Lydia?

          • Lydia JuarezOwnerAnswerPhoto verified

            Thank you. If you're in Edinburgh I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Happy to explain more.

        • Hope things get better soon. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Edinburgh

          • Best of luck, Lydia. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Mumbai.

            • Wishing you peace, Lydia. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Wish I lived closer to Bornova so I could bring a meal. God bless.

              • What's already covered and what's the $6,500 for?

                • Sending love. Hope this works out for you. Sent it to 24 people at work. Greetings from Oaxaca de Juárez.

                  • Thinking of you, Lydia. Hope this works out for you. I hope December is when things finally get easier. God bless.

                    • Praying for you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Málaga.

                      • Rooting for you, Lydia. Shared this with my family. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.

                        • Nicolás T. SandovalPhoto verified

                          You're not alone, Lydia. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from San Francisco.

                          • Thinking of you and your family, Lydia. Looking forward to the next update. God bless

                            • Hang in there. More neighborhoods should do this. It's not much but it's yours. Blessings.

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