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Houston flash flood relief - the Old Town settlement
Neighbors in the Old Town settlement are rebuilding after the flash flood; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.
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The flash flood hit the Old Town settlement on 30 January. My home was one of 77 damaged, and 6 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.
We buy supplies locally and in bulk, so the money goes further. Receipts and photos will be posted in updates.
Where the $6,950 goes:
• Tools and labor for repairs: $1,500
• Food parcels for displaced families: $1,700
• Clean water and purification supplies: $780
• Roofing sheets and timber: $2,970
Glad we found this place.
Updates from Leonardo
Good news. Because of your gifts ($379 in total) the plan for roofing sheets and timber is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Aiden G. Warren 🇨🇦 · $43.50
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20
- Anonymous 🇫🇷 · $30
“Hope things get better. My brother told me about this one. - Boulogne-Billancourt”
- Yasir Fahad Zardari 🇵🇰 · $10
- Miguel Guilherme Marques 🇧🇷 · $87
“God bless. I'm in Petrópolis, thinking of you.”
- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $60.50
- Pamela F. Thornton 🇺🇸 · $29
- Valentina N. Ríos 🇺🇸 · $25
- Beata Oliwia Krupa 🇬🇧 · $25
- Hani Kirana Siregar 🇮🇩 · $4
- Heitor Fonseca 🇧🇷 · $30
- Malak Ghada Qureshi 🇺🇸 · $10
- Queen Mercy Falana 🇳🇬 · $25
- Ibrahim Ibrahim Musa 🇳🇬 · $30
- Tamanna Sultana Sarker 🇧🇩 · $50
- Kartika Wibowo 🇮🇩 · $50
- Nomsa B. Coetzee 🇿🇦 · $75
- Huda Nadia Cherif 🇫🇷 · $50
- Janaka Upul Ekanayake 🇱🇰 · $25
“You got this. Hope the May deadline works out. - Jaffna”
- Rekha A. Awasthi 🇮🇳 · $30
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shared it with a few friends. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings.
rooting for you. Shared this with my family. Thinking of Houston!
I hope things turn around soon. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Houston
praying for you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.
so sorry you're going through this. More neighborhoods should do this. God bless.