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House fire that spread across the block in Ibadan: help the Northside settlement rebuild

The house fire that spread across the block damaged 13 homes in the Northside settlement. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.

🇳🇬 200256, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria2,501 views
Paul Sani Balogun
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Ibadan
The house fire that spread across the block hit the Northside settlement on 1 July. My home was one of 13 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. Funds go to building materials, water purification supplies, bedding, and food for families still in shelters. Where the $1,500 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $750 • Clean water and purification supplies: $70 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $155 • Food parcels for displaced families: $195 • Tools and labor for repairs: $330 I hope life is good to you.
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Paul

  1. Update from Ibadan: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 88% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Quick update: $1,008 raised so far (67%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them. - Paul

  3. Thank you all. We're at 54% now ($803). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

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    “Keep your head up. Thought of Paul all day after reading this. - Mumbai”

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    “Wishing you the best. Thought of Paul all day after reading this. - Iloilo City”

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    “Thought of Paul all day after reading this. - Tema”

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    “Thought of Paul all day after reading this. - Sydney”

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    “Hang in there. From Calamba with love. - Calamba”

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    “All the best. Thought of Paul all day after reading this. - Riverside”

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  • Tareq Ratul Karim

    hang in there, Paul. Gave what I could, wish it was more.

    • Karin F. Van der Merwe

      Hope things get better soon, Paul. Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Faisalabad.

      • Swetha H. Panicker

        Thinking of you and your family, Paul. Gave what I could, wish it was more

        $1,804 raised of $1,500

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