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Flood in Petrópolis: help Riverside village rebuild
The flood damaged 50 homes in Riverside village. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
🇧🇷 Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2,220 views
The flood hit Riverside village on 4 March. My home was one of 50 damaged, and 2 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 $2,600 goes:
• Tools and labor for repairs: $300
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $320
• Roofing sheets and timber: $1,450
• Food parcels for displaced families: $530
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
Updates from Amanda
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- Ananya K. Anand 🇬🇧 · $10
- Zoé Elise Richard 🇫🇷 · $25
“Praying for you. Please keep us posted. - Toulon”
- Omolara Nkechi Aliyu 🇳🇬 · $15
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50
- Jocelyn G. Kelly 🇺🇸 · $10
- Nkechi Ronke Ogunleye 🇳🇬 · $20
“Get well soon. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Asaba”
- Ionuț Popescu 🇷🇴 · $200
“Hope the May deadline works out. - Timișoara”
- Cooper W. Duncan 🇺🇸 · $14
- Manoj J. Joshi 🇨🇦 · $25
- Franziska Emma Weiß 🇩🇪 · $20
- Chiamaka Akinwale 🇳🇬 · $25
- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $10
- Soo-jin Mi-sook Nam 🇺🇸 · $10
- Ajay J. Dhawan 🇮🇳 · $25
“Sending love. Thought of Amanda all day after reading this. - Warangal”
- Aleksandra Adamczyk 🇵🇱 · $56.50
“From my family to yours. My father told me about this one. - Katowice”
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Good luck. Looking forward to the next update. Put this on a community board in Ikeja this morning. Thinking of Petrópolis.
shared it with a few friends. I hope May is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Bacoor.
best of luck, Amanda. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. After 11 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
sending good thoughts, Amanda. More neighborhoods should do this. God bless
best of luck, Amanda. Hope you get there. My husband and I read this together.
Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Poznań.
Stay strong. Hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours.
So sorry you're going through this, Amanda. Hope this works out for you. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Keep going, Amanda. Great idea, hope you get there. Love from Parramatta
Take care, Amanda. This could happen to any of us.
Great idea, hope you get there. Don't give up. Love from Angeles.
Thanks for sharing this, Amanda. Hope you get there. I hope May is when things finally get easier.
stay strong. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Kasarani.
Good luck, Amanda. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I'm in retail myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings.
it takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Newport but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Newport.
wishing you the best. Hope this works out for you. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Blessings.
Take care. Great idea, hope you get there. My husband and I read this together.
sending good thoughts, Amanda. Great idea, hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.
Thinking of you. This could happen to any of us. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Petrópolis.
Hang in there, Amanda. It takes guts to ask. Well done.
wishing you peace. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in San Diego but we're thinking of you. God bless
hang in there, Amanda. Great idea, hope you get there. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Petrópolis.
Stay strong, Amanda. Hope you get there. After 23 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything
Thinking of you and your family. I hope things turn around soon. Wish I lived closer to Los Angeles so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Petrópolis
Sending strength, Amanda. Shared this with my family.
Wishing you peace, Amanda. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Petrópolis.
Stay strong, Amanda. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Petrópolis.
Praying for you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Don't give up. Greetings from Mumbai.
Hope it all works out, Amanda. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care.
Thinking of you and your family. Hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Petrópolis.
Hope things get better soon, Amanda. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Love from São Paulo.
Sending love. Hope this works out for you. Thinking of Petrópolis.