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Lagos house fire that spread across the block relief - the Millbrook district
Neighbors in the Millbrook district are rebuilding after the house fire that spread across the block; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.
🇳🇬 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria1,735 views
The house fire that spread across the block hit the Millbrook district on 12 August. My home was one of 13 damaged, and 9 families are still in temporary shelter at a borrowed warehouse.
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 $450 goes:
• Food parcels for displaced families: $125
• Roofing sheets and timber: $240
• Tools and labor for repairs: $85
Thanks for reading all this.
Updates from Yetunde
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- Isabelle Corinne Roussel 🇫🇷 · $25
- Riddhi D. Savla 🇮🇳 · $25
“Keep your head up. From Bengaluru with love.”
- Danielle Ray 🇦🇺 · $74
- Mehwish Eman Cheema 🇵🇰 · $49
“Good luck. Only $49 but hope it helps.”
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Stay strong. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Take care.
So sorry you're going through this, Yetunde. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Lagos.
Sharing the link is the biggest thing. And if you know anything about food parcels for displaced families, advice is welcome too. Let me know if you want more detail.
this could happen to any of us. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
Sending good thoughts, Yetunde. This could happen to any of us. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. All the best.
Hope this works out for you. After 10 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.