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Landslide in Kandy: help the Millbrook neighborhood rebuild

The landslide damaged 89 homes in the Millbrook neighborhood. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.

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Mahesh Eranga Wickramasinghe
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Kandy
The landslide hit the Millbrook neighborhood on 18 August. My home was one of 89 damaged, and 8 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. Funds go to building materials, water purification supplies, bedding, and food for families still in shelters. Where the $1,650 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $840 • Clean water and purification supplies: $130 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $110 • Food parcels for displaced families: $280 • Tools and labor for repairs: $290 With deep gratitude, Mahesh
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Mahesh

  1. Quick update: $995 raised so far (60%). the plan for bedding, blankets and mattresses is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Small update. $860 so far, I made the first payment toward tools and labor for repairs.

  3. Small update. $485 so far, the plan for tools and labor for repairs is now scheduled.

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    “Best of luck. Shared with friends too. - Makassar”

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  • Hadi Walid Kassem 🇪🇬 · $250

    “Hope the October deadline works out. - 6th of October City”

  • Heather A. Jenkins 🇬🇧 · $27

    “Keep your head up. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Dundee”

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    “Rooting for you. Small amount but sent with love. - Macon”

  • Eoin O'Callaghan 🇮🇪 · $10

    “Keep your head up. Thought of Mahesh all day after reading this. - Cork”

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    “You got this. I'm in Belo Horizonte, thinking of you.”

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  • Wawan Imam Prasetyo

    Thinking of you and your family. More neighborhoods should do this. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless!

    • Aisha Sawsan Wahba

      You're not alone, Mahesh. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Kharkiv but we're thinking of you. Take care

      • Christian Brewer

        thanks for sharing this. Hope you get there. I have a 5 year old who wants to send good wishes too. God bless.

        • Thanasis Nikos Stavrou

          Keep going, Mahesh. More neighborhoods should do this. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Blessings!

          • Henri Laurent Brun

            thanks for sharing this. Hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Kandy!

            • Vihaan L. Arora

              Sending strength, Mahesh. Hope this works out for you. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.

              • Fatuma Joyce Ochieng

                Wishing you the best. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. After 11 years in engineering I know how hard it is to ask for anything. Love from Lagos.

                • Shirley Vargas

                  Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Kandy.

                  $1,775.50 raised of $1,650

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