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Landslide in Feira de Santana: help Lakeview village rebuild

Neighbors in Lakeview village are rebuilding after the landslide; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.

🇧🇷 Bahia, Brazil2,990 views
Rafael Carlos Santos
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Feira de Santana
The landslide hit Lakeview village on 19 August. My home was one of 81 damaged, and 12 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 $2,350 goes: • Tools and labor for repairs: $310 • Roofing sheets and timber: $1,300 • Food parcels for displaced families: $320 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $420 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure. - Rafael
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Rafael

  1. Small update. $1,026 so far, we've started the first stage.

  2. Update from Feira de Santana: I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. We're at 26% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

Donations

RecentTop gifts
  • Fatima Amaka Tijani 🇳🇬 · $250

    “Hope this helps. Hope you get the rest soon. - Epe”

  • Mercy R. Pascual 🇵🇭 · $250
  • Ratul Hossain Khatun 🇮🇳 · $200
  • Gonzalo N. Treviño 🇪🇸 · $139
  • Leonid Andriy Shevchenko 🇺🇦 · $100
  • Evelyn F. Simpson 🇬🇧 · $100
  • Aditi J. Saxena 🇮🇳 · $100

    “Thinking of you. From Thiruvananthapuram with love. - Thiruvananthapuram”

  • Songül Çelik 🇹🇷 · $75
  • Shakil Shakil Mondal 🇧🇩 · $59.50
  • Piotr Andrzej Mazurek 🇵🇱 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50

    “Thought of Rafael all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”

  • Shawn S. Thompson 🇳🇿 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $50

    “Every little bit. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Ibadan”

  • Andrea T. Álvarez 🇪🇸 · $50
  • Alexander Alexander 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Dinesh D. Sundaram 🇮🇳 · $50
  • Nikolaos Petros Vasileiou 🇬🇷 · $47
  • Silvia J. Rojas 🇺🇸 · $34
  • Marta L. Navarro 🇲🇽 · $26.50

    “From my family to yours - Coatzacoalcos”

  • Hélène Jacquet 🇲🇦 · $25

    “All the best. From Casablanca with love. - Casablanca”

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  • Chebet Eunice Lubega

    Hope things get better soon, Rafael. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Los Angeles.

    • Víctor M. Chávez

      Thinking of you and your family, Rafael. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in

      • Ella Andrews

        Your post was clear and honest. Love from Mumbai

        • Ionuț Adrian Munteanu

          Thinking of you, Rafael. More neighborhoods should do this.

          • Marisol H. Pacheco

            Good luck, Rafael. Shared this with my family. It's not much but it's yours

            • Suresh H. Kapoor

              Gave what I could, wish it was more. I went through something like this 12 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Feira de Santana.

              $2,260.50 raised of $2,350

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