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Help Ahmet patch the roof before the autumn rains
The roof at Ahmet's home is failing; materials are donated and we need hands.
🇹🇷 Kadıköy, Istanbul, Türkiye1,658 views
I'm a home-care aide living in Kadıköy. During the last storm water started coming through the ceiling in 4 places, and the living room is no longer usable. A roofer quoted $1,000, which isn't something I can pay.
The good news: a local hardware store has donated the tiles and battens. What I don't have is people to do the work. I'm looking for anyone handy who can help over three weekday mornings.
Experience helps, but it isn't essential - I'll have a licensed roofer supervising for safety. All you need is to be comfortable with heights or willing to help from the ground. I'll provide lunch, water and lots of thanks.
The work will be done on the ground and roof with proper harnesses. If you can only help for a few hours, that's welcome too.
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- effort
- three weekday mornings
- format
- In person in Kadıköy
- skills
- roofing, carpentry, general labor
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Best of luck, Ahmet. Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps. Take care.
Hope this works out for you. Love from Accra
Wishing you the best, Ahmet. I hope your landlord gives you a bit more time while this comes together. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless!
Best of luck. A secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Hồ Chí Minh City.
Hope it all works out. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I went through something like this 14 years ago and strangers helped me out!
Hope things get better soon, Ahmet. Looking forward to the next update. I have a 12 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Greetings from Bronx.
Praying for you, Ahmet. Your post was clear and honest. I have a 7 year old who wants to send good wishes too.
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from Hialeah.
Best of luck. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
Hope things get better soon. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't give up
Best of luck, Ahmet. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Put this on a community board in Houston this morning.
Sending strength, Ahmet. Shared this with my family.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Put this on a community board in Corpus Christi this morning.
Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Los Angeles but we're thinking of you.
So sorry you're going through this, Ahmet. Your post was clear and honest
A secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon. I'll check back for the next update. All the best.
Wishing you peace, Ahmet. I hope things turn around soon.
Thanks for sharing this, Ahmet. I hope your landlord gives you a bit more time while this comes together. Sent it to 25 people at work. Thinking of Kadıköy.
take care, Ahmet. Your post was clear and honest. My neighbor in Dallas donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Dallas.
Thinking of you and your family, Ahmet. I was in a similar spot a few years ago and it did get better. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Hang in there, Ahmet. Shared it with a few friends. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
Best of luck, Ahmet. Your post was clear and honest. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Hope things get better soon, Ahmet. I was in a similar spot a few years ago and it did get better. God bless