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Flood in Padua: help the Hillcrest neighborhood rebuild
The flood damaged 45 homes in the Hillcrest neighborhood. We are raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
🇮🇹 Padua, Veneto, Italy2,037 views
The flood hit the Hillcrest neighborhood on 20 August. My home was one of 45 damaged, and 14 families are still in temporary shelter at the local school gym.
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 $3,950 goes:
• Food parcels for displaced families: $480
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $860
• Roofing sheets and timber: $2,300
• Clean water and purification supplies: $310
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
- Valentina
Updates from Valentina
Quick update: $495 raised so far (13%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Ashwin T. Namboothiri 🇮🇳 · $25
“Thought of Valentina all day after reading this. - Thiruvananthapuram”
- Landon M. Gonzales 🇺🇸 · $5
- Priscila Adriana Ramos 🇧🇷 · $40
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $15
- Paula Nina Groß 🇩🇪 · $10
- Hannah M. Ruiz 🇺🇸 · $25
- José André Xavier 🇧🇷 · $50
“Only $50 but hope it helps. - Caxias do Sul”
- Seo-jun Young-ho Seo 🇰🇷 · $35
- Kwabena Kelvin Abdul 🇬🇭 · $10
- Håkan Lundberg 🇸🇪 · $50
- Idowu Peace Oladipo 🇳🇬 · $75
- Beatriz Antônia Miranda 🇧🇷 · $100
- Anonymous 🇷🇺 · $50
“Wishing you the best. Thought of Valentina all day after reading this. - Moscow”
- Sergio L. Cortés 🇨🇴 · $75
- Dmytro Volkov 🇺🇦 · $25
“You got this. I'm in Zaporizhzhia, thinking of you. - Zaporizhzhia”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25
- Ashok H. Dhawan 🇮🇳 · $100
- Andrea Ríos 🇲🇽 · $25
- Kamal Kamal Adhikari 🇳🇵 · $10
- Hadas Ayelet Bar 🇮🇱 · $20
“Hope things get better. Thought of Valentina all day after reading this. - Jerusalem”
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Keep going, Valentina. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'm in hospitality myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care.
Praying for you, Valentina. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My husband and I read this together. Blessings
Thanks for sharing this, Valentina. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Put this on a community board in Juiz de Fora this morning. Take care.
best of luck, Valentina. Gave what I could, wish it was more.
sending strength. Shared it with a few friends. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Thinking of Padua.