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Flood in Lagos: help the Lakeview settlement rebuild

The flood damaged 29 homes in the Lakeview settlement. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.

🇳🇬 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria1,420 views
Ife Idowu Uzor
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Lagos
The flood hit the Lakeview settlement on 19 July. My home was one of 29 damaged, and 12 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 $1,000 goes: • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $165 • Roofing sheets and timber: $720 • Tools and labor for repairs: $115 I hope life is good to you.
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Updates from Ife

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($693 in total) I made the first payment toward tools and labor for repairs. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($328 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 54% now ($543). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

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  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $10
  • Esra Nur Taş 🇹🇷 · $67
  • Vishal E. Tiwari 🇮🇳 · $15
  • Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $5

    “Thought of Ife all day after reading this. - Hồ Chí Minh City”

  • Julieta K. Reyes 🇲🇽 · $50

    “Happy to help. Thought of Ife all day after reading this. - Ciudad de México”

  • Simiyu Kipchoge Shayo 🇰🇪 · $10
  • Lucy S. Mosley 🇺🇸 · $44

    “Thought of Ife all day after reading this. - Sacramento”

  • Anonymous 🇸🇪 · $25

    “Best of luck. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Uppsala”

  • Nghĩa Hiếu Mai 🇻🇳 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $20

    “Hope this helps. Saw your post and had to give. - Veracruz”

  • Esther Tabitha Kimani 🇰🇪 · $50

    “Keep your head up. Thought of Ife all day after reading this. - Nairobi”

  • Vivian Jumoke Uba 🇳🇬 · $10
  • Imran Rakib Ghosh 🇧🇩 · $5
  • Anonymous 🇪🇹 · $25
  • Joon-woo Ko 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Anonymous 🇷🇴 · $75
  • Greta Groß 🇩🇪 · $20
  • Shreya B. Naik 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Mehul P. Deshmukh 🇮🇳 · $100

    “Praying for you. Hope the October deadline works out. - Dwarka”

  • Lavanya M. Srinivasan 🇮🇳 · $10

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  • Natalia Lowe

    Sending love. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Love from Poitiers.

    • Oranuch Hathai Onsri

      Sending strength, Ife. 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

      • Masaru Kaito Okada

        Thanks for sharing this. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Bhaktapur but we're thinking of you. Love from Bhaktapur.

        • Susana E. VargasQuestion

          Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Ife.

          • Ife Idowu UzorOwnerAnswer

            Bedding, blankets and mattresses is $165 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page.

        • Jacques Roy

          good luck, Ife. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer.

          • Adaeze Zainab Nnamdi

            Wishing you peace, Ife. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Blessings.

            • Karina D. Fernández

              hope it all works out. Great idea, hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.

              • Cansu Derya Özer

                Thinking of you, Ife. Shared it with a few friends. Blessings.

                • Sneha H. Mishra

                  Best of luck. More neighborhoods should do this. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it

                  • Helena Lena Viklund

                    Sending love, Ife. Shared this with my family. Take care!

                    • Rolando W. Aguilar

                      Thinking of you and your family, Ife. Your post was clear and honest

                      • Stepan Boris Tkachenko

                        Praying for you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Put this on a community board in Brooklyn this morning. Blessings.

                        • Pooja Pooja Shrestha

                          Sending love. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Sent it to 39 people at work. God bless.

                          $1,234 raised of $1,000

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