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Flood in Gold Coast: help Eastgate village rebuild
Neighbors in Eastgate village are rebuilding after the flood; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.
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The flood hit Eastgate village on 23 August. My home was one of 28 damaged, and 14 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 $5,500 goes:
• Tools and labor for repairs: $1,600
• Roofing sheets and timber: $2,400
• Food parcels for displaced families: $700
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $800
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
Updates from Asher
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- Kylie F. Roberts 🇺🇸 · $10
“Blessings. From Denver with love.”
- Rachel L. Dalton 🇺🇸 · $76
- Ake Nattapong Onsri 🇹🇭 · $30
“Be well. Been where you're, it gets better. - Bangkok”
- Linda Rita Osei 🇬🇭 · $5
- Halima Idowu Hassan 🇳🇬 · $50
- Abosede Blessing Balogun 🇳🇬 · $20
“You got this. - Nnewi”
- Gabriel Rodrigo Marques 🇧🇷 · $10
- Marta Aleksandra Jabłoński 🇵🇱 · $25
“Thought of Asher all day after reading this. - Warsaw”
- Upendo Akinyi Mussa 🇹🇿 · $5
- Sotiris Spyridon Oikonomou 🇬🇷 · $100
“Praying for you. Shared with friends too. - Heraklion”
- Nolan N. Gregory 🇬🇧 · $30
“Rooting for you. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Coventry”
- Pradeep Pathirana 🇱🇰 · $75
“Thinking of you. - Dehiwala”
- Kazimierz Kacper Olszewski 🇵🇱 · $75
- Sudha J. Balakrishnan 🇮🇳 · $10
- Saowaluk Darunee Kittisak 🇹🇭 · $25
“Wish I could do more. Small amount but sent with love. - Bangkok”
- Shawn M. Rose 🇦🇺 · $25
- Kavita L. Chaudhary 🇮🇳 · $40.50
- Citlali J. Ramírez 🇺🇸 · $37
- Hae-won Seo-yeon Min 🇰🇷 · $50
- Divina De Leon 🇺🇸 · $5
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Thanks for sharing this. I hope things turn around soon. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.
Good luck, Asher. It takes guts to ask. Well done
This could happen to any of us. Don't give up. Love from Ekurhuleni
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Asher.
It's all in the list in the story. tools and labor for repairs is the big one at $1,600, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Ask me anything else.
Looking forward to the next update. We're a small family in Messina but we're thinking of you.
any update on how things are going in Gold Coast?
Wishing you peace, Asher. Great idea, hope you get there. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Ikeja
can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Gold Coast.
Thank you. If you're in Gold Coast I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Let me know if you want more detail.
Praying for you, Asher. Shared it with a few friends. All the best.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Put this on a community board in Boulogne-Billancourt this morning. Greetings from Boulogne-Billancourt.
Hang in there, Asher. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Gold Coast
Thinking of you. This could happen to any of us. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Gold Coast.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Love from Barranquilla