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Flood in Houston: help the Lakeview neighborhood rebuild
The flood damaged 90 homes in the Lakeview neighborhood. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
🇺🇸 Texas, United States1,816 views
The flood hit the Lakeview neighborhood on 7 June. My home was one of 90 damaged, and 11 families are still in temporary shelter at a mosque and church 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 $5,550 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $1,950
• Clean water and purification supplies: $770
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $690
• Food parcels for displaced families: $2,140
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
Updates from Jose
Good news. Because of your gifts ($538 in total) the plan for bedding, blankets and mattresses is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Quick update: $237 raised so far (4%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Arturo N. Soto 🇺🇸 · $20
- Sipho F E. Tshabalala 🇿🇦 · $100
- Eun-woo Ji-ho Kang 🇰🇷 · $30
“Hope this helps. Hope the July deadline works out. - Seoul”
- Marcos T. Peña 🇨🇴 · $10
- Daniel Uwe Ziegler 🇩🇪 · $30
- Maxim Viktor Morozov 🇺🇦 · $50
- Cora P. Wang 🇦🇺 · $10
“God bless. Hope the July deadline works out. - Sydney”
- Alessia Angela D'Amico 🇮🇹 · $40
- Wendy Norwood 🇺🇸 · $50
“You got this. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Oakland”
- Ida Johanna Keller 🇩🇪 · $10
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $10
- Pablo Morales 🇪🇸 · $100
- Adrián N. Morales 🇨🇴 · $20
“You got this. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Medellín”
- Mathilde Sylvie Henry 🇫🇷 · $63.50
- Otieno Kiptoo Mollel 🇹🇿 · $10
- Ezra P. Palmer 🇨🇦 · $15
- Aisha Chioma Quadri 🇳🇬 · $36
- Alejandra H. Mendoza 🇪🇸 · $25
- Farah Jamila Osman 🇪🇬 · $31
- Nandini L. Chettiar 🇮🇳 · $5
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Wishing you peace, Jose. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Wish I lived closer to Ekurhuleni so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Houston.
you're not alone. Looking forward to the next update. My husband and I read this together. Love from San Diego.
sending good thoughts. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'm in retail myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings.
Rooting for you, Jose. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Best of luck. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Greetings from Leicester.
hope things get better soon, Jose. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. All the best