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Fire in the settlement in Nairobi: help the Greenfield district rebuild

The fire in the settlement damaged 55 homes in the Greenfield district. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.

🇰🇪 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya751 views
Wangari Wangari Tumusiime
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Nairobi
The fire in the settlement hit the Greenfield district on 14 June. My home was one of 55 damaged, and 9 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. We buy supplies locally and in bulk, so the money goes further. Receipts and photos will be posted in updates. Where the $1,050 goes: • Food parcels for displaced families: $140 • Clean water and purification supplies: $70 • Tools and labor for repairs: $280 • Roofing sheets and timber: $560 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Wangari

Updates from Wangari

  1. Small update. $244 so far, I made the first payment toward roofing sheets and timber.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 22% now ($234). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($214 in total) I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  • Njeri Ruth Odhiambo 🇺🇬 · $114
  • Ignacio D. Ochoa 🇪🇸 · $100
  • Yusuke Kazuo Imai 🇯🇵 · $25
  • Pranjal D. Gaikwad 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Rizwan Rashid Orakzai 🇵🇰 · $10

    “Stay strong. Thought of Wangari all day after reading this. - Lahore”

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  • Take care. Hope this works out for you. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Nairobi.

    $269 raised of $1,050

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