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House fire that spread across the block in Seoul: help the Orchard district rebuild

After the house fire that spread across the block, families in the Orchard district need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.

🇰🇷 Seoul, Seoul, South Korea4,074 views
Sung-min Jae-hyun Lee
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Seoul
The house fire that spread across the block hit the Orchard district on 3 August. My home was one of 52 damaged, and 13 families are still in temporary shelter at the sports club. 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 $4,350 goes: • Food parcels for displaced families: $940 • Clean water and purification supplies: $540 • Tools and labor for repairs: $1,600 • Roofing sheets and timber: $1,270 With deep gratitude, Sung-min
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Sung-min

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,628 in total) the plan for roofing sheets and timber is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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  • Chiara Francesca Sartori

    Praying for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I have a 6 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Blessings.

    • Ella FloresID verifiedPhoto verified

      Take care, Sung-min. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't be hard on yourself for asking

      • Amaka Idowu Nnamdi

        best of luck. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Oakland.

        • Milon Dipu Chatterjee

          Praying for you, Sung-min. Shared it with a few friends. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.

          • Beth P. Hawkins

            Keep going, Sung-min. This could happen to any of us. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Blessings

            • Hiba Lubna IbrahimID verified

              so sorry you're going through this, Sung-min. This could happen to any of us. Love from Kathmandu

              • Julieta R. Martínez

                Shared it with a few friends. After 7 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Seoul.

                • Brendan N. Byrne

                  Take care, Sung-min. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Riverside.

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