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Fire in the informal settlement in East London: help the Riverside settlement rebuild
The fire in the informal settlement damaged 48 homes in the Riverside settlement. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
🇿🇦 East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa1,953 views
The fire in the informal settlement hit the Riverside settlement on 2 May. My home was one of 48 damaged, and 14 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 $2,100 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $1,100
• Clean water and purification supplies: $270
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $135
• Food parcels for displaced families: $230
• Tools and labor for repairs: $365
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
Updates from Kagiso
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- Woo-jin Yong-jun Ku 🇺🇸 · $15
“Hang in there. Hope you get the rest soon. - Lowell”
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $15
“Thought of Kagiso all day after reading this. - Manchester”
- Wei Yong Jiang 🇨🇦 · $30
“Keep your head up. Thought of Kagiso all day after reading this. - Toronto”
- Supriya C. Sawant 🇮🇳 · $75
“Hope this helps. Thought of Kagiso all day after reading this. - Salem”
- Teresa T. Rojas 🇨🇦 · $100
- Jayson K. Abad 🇵🇭 · $10
- Sabina Fatema Hasan 🇮🇳 · $25
- Arun D. Kamath 🇮🇳 · $20
- Manee Darunee Ruangrit 🇹🇭 · $30
- Bea S. Pascual 🇵🇭 · $75
“All the best. Hope the July deadline works out. - Manila”
- Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $15
- Geneviève Picard 🇲🇦 · $30
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $50
- Joshua P. Villanueva 🇵🇭 · $5
“Keep your head up. Thought of Kagiso all day after reading this. - Quezon City”
- Chukwuemeka Yakubu Nwosu 🇳🇬 · $25
- Asher Hoffman 🇺🇸 · $100
- Olivier Vincent Masson 🇫🇷 · $50
- Onyango Mwangi Lubega 🇰🇪 · $10
- Anna Inna Orlov 🇷🇺 · $50
- Athina Georgia Pappas 🇬🇷 · $100
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Wishing you peace, Kagiso. More neighborhoods should do this.
any update on how things are going in East London?
Rooting for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Cape Town
Keep going, Kagiso. Shared this with my family. After 12 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from Faisalabad.