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Fire in the informal settlement in Cape Town: help Lakeview village rebuild

After the fire in the informal settlement, families in Lakeview village need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.

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Lwazi N. Ndlovu
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Cape Town
The fire in the informal settlement hit Lakeview village on 11 April. My home was one of 15 damaged, and 9 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. We buy supplies locally and in bulk, so the money goes further. Receipts and photos will be posted in updates. Where the $1,600 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $520 • Clean water and purification supplies: $195 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $240 • Food parcels for displaced families: $170 • Tools and labor for repairs: $475 Thanks for reading all this. - Lwazi
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Updates from Lwazi

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($571 in total) I made the first payment toward tools and labor for repairs. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. 21% there. the plan for bedding, blankets and mattresses is now scheduled. Thank you.

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  • Teresa T. Booker

    Wishing you the best, Lwazi. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'm in retail myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you!

    • Corazon D. Mercado

      Great idea, hope you get there. Don't give up. Take care!

      • Bambang Vino Santoso

        Wishing you peace, Lwazi. Shared this with my family. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.

        • Vanessa Karin Keller

          Hope it all works out, Lwazi. Great idea, hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day

          • Günter Kevin Schreiber

            sending good thoughts, Lwazi. Shared this with my family. I went through something like this 9 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care.

            • Nathan A. Gill

              Rooting for you. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We're a small family in Nairobi but we're thinking of you. God bless.

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