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Fire in the settlement in Eldoret: help the Lakeview district rebuild

The fire in the settlement damaged 68 homes in the Lakeview district. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.

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Imani Massawe
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Eldoret
The fire in the settlement hit the Lakeview district on 31 July. My home was one of 68 damaged, and 11 families are still in temporary shelter at a borrowed warehouse. 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 $750 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $300 • Clean water and purification supplies: $100 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $140 • Food parcels for displaced families: $90 • Tools and labor for repairs: $120 I hope life is good to you.

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  • Aditya Gunawan Suharto 🇮🇩 · $20
  • Samuel Olumide Nwosu 🇳🇬 · $20

    “Best of luck. Thought of Imani all day after reading this.”

  • Arief Harahap 🇮🇩 · $5
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  • Andile Govender 🇿🇦 · $74

    “Sending love. I'm in Pretoria, thinking of you. - Pretoria”

  • Citlali W. Fernández 🇦🇷 · $20
  • Josefa T. Espinoza 🇺🇸 · $75
  • Angela E. Li 🇺🇸 · $5

    “Hope things get better. Thought of Imani all day after reading this. - San Diego”

  • Enrique P. Villalobos 🇪🇸 · $5

    “Been where you're, it gets better. - A Coruña”

  • Milon Sabbir Ghosh 🇬🇧 · $50
  • Taylor Keller 🇺🇸 · $20

    “Stay strong. From Atlanta with love. - Atlanta”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $100

    “Hang in there - Lucknow”

  • Selam Wegayehu Desta 🇪🇹 · $100

    “Stay strong. Thought of Imani all day after reading this. - Hawassa”

  • Diệp Diệp Ho 🇻🇳 · $20

    “Please keep us posted. - Hanoi”

  • José L. Macías 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Souad Basma El-Sayed 🇸🇦 · $10

    “Stay strong. Gave what I could this week. - Dammam”

  • Axel N. Chen 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Crystal L. Gordon 🇬🇧 · $25

    “Happy to help - Birmingham”

  • Binita Indira Joshi 🇳🇵 · $25

    “Hang in there! - Bhaktapur”

  • Santiago E. Woods 🇬🇧 · $11

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  • how is Imani doing now?

    • Sending good thoughts, Imani. More neighborhoods should do this. Sent it to 16 people at work.

      • Best of luck. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Blessings.

        • Thinking of you, Imani. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of Eldoret.

          • You're not alone. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Put this on a community board in Aurangabad this morning. God bless.

            • Sending good thoughts. This could happen to any of us. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings

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