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Landslide in Curitiba: help the Old Town district rebuild

After the landslide, families in the Old Town district need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.

🇧🇷 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil866 views
Sandra Jéssica Marques
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Curitiba
The landslide hit the Old Town district on 31 August. My home was one of 75 damaged, and 3 families are still in temporary shelter at the local school gym. 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 $1,600 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $840 • Food parcels for displaced families: $460 • Clean water and purification supplies: $300 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it. - Sandra
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Updates from Sandra

  1. Thank you all. We're at 8% now ($130). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward roofing sheets and timber.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 14% now ($230). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($547 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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  • Sônia Heloísa Silva 🇧🇷 · $10
  • Tareq Alamin Mondal 🇧🇩 · $20

    “Hope things get better. Thought of Sandra all day after reading this. - Gazipur”

  • Manoel Henrique Souza 🇧🇷 · $75
  • Salim Tumusiime Ssemwogerere 🇰🇪 · $25
  • Janhavi Sheth 🇮🇳 · $100

    “Thought of Sandra all day after reading this. - Pune”

  • Yupin Saowaluk Yuenyong 🇹🇭 · $73

    “Get well soon. Thought of Sandra all day after reading this. - Bangkok”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $30
  • Elijah F. Arnold 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Joy Mohammad Haque 🇮🇳 · $74.50
  • Mason Cox 🇺🇸 · $29
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  • Haris Teguh Hutapea 🇮🇩 · $5
  • Mauricio F. Pérez 🇲🇽 · $10

    “Wish I could do more. Thought of Sandra all day after reading this. - Tehuacán”

  • Mulugeta Henok Belay 🇪🇹 · $25
  • James A. Nunez 🇬🇧 · $20

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  • Madelyn T. Gilbert

    Thanks for sharing this, Sandra. This could happen to any of us.

    • Marcelo Duarte

      So sorry you're going through this, Sandra. Shared this with my family. I hope December is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Cox's Bazar

      • Esther Obiageli Gbadamosi

        Take care. Shared it with a few friends. After 25 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything!

        • Ali Walid Gaber

          Sending good thoughts. I hope things turn around soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Joliet.

          • Mason E. Williamson

            So sorry you're going through this. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My husband and I read this together. Thinking of Curitiba.

            • Dineo A. NelPhoto verified

              Wishing you the best, Sandra. Shared it with a few friends. I hope December is when things finally get easier.

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