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Mumbai cyclone relief - the Marketplace settlement

Neighbors in the Marketplace settlement are rebuilding after the cyclone; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.

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Tahmina Salma Hasan
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The cyclone hit the Marketplace settlement on 22 July. My home was one of 28 damaged, and 6 families are still in temporary shelter at the community hall. 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 $850 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $280 • Clean water and purification supplies: $100 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $105 • Food parcels for displaced families: $190 • Tools and labor for repairs: $175 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Tahmina

  1. Small update. $190 so far, I made the first payment toward clean water and purification supplies.

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  • Rashmi R. Kapoor 🇮🇳 · $70
  • Jacques Gilles Faure 🇨🇦 · $75

    “Hope things get better. Saw your post and had to give. - Victoria”

  • Fitri Ika Simanjuntak 🇮🇩 · $25
  • Naresh Ashok Neupane 🇳🇵 · $25
  • Adriana Maria Cardoso 🇧🇷 · $25

    “You got this. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Rio de Janeiro”

  • Paula P. Romero 🇲🇽 · $5
  • Nolan L. Ramirez 🇦🇺 · $10

    “Hang in there. Thought of Tahmina all day after reading this. - Geelong”

  • George Kwasi Owusu 🇬🇭 · $20
  • Hatice Büşra Tekin 🇹🇷 · $51

    “Blessings. Only $51 but hope it helps. - Bursa”

  • Kemal Çakır 🇹🇷 · $20
  • Adam Morin 🇫🇷 · $100
  • Dineo Zulu 🇿🇦 · $20
  • Keith K. Craig 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Yuki Miyazaki 🇯🇵 · $25

    “God bless. Thought of Tahmina all day after reading this.”

  • Gustavo Ortiz 🇪🇸 · $5
  • Hadi Omar Slimani 🇪🇬 · $50

    “Thinking of you. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Shubra”

  • Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $10
  • Anonymous 🇱🇰 · $15
  • Brandon D. Pearson 🇬🇧 · $25

    “Hope things get better. Thought of Tahmina all day after reading this.”

  • Rachel L. Parks 🇦🇺 · $10

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  • Sachin H. Jat

    your post was clear and honest. Put this on a community board in Tokyo this morning. God bless.

    • Piper T. Whitaker

      Thanks for sharing this, Tahmina. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Mumbai.

      • Nyambura Upendo Mugisha

        Thinking of you and your family, Tahmina. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Take care.

        • Craig P. Beck

          Sending good thoughts, Tahmina. I hope things turn around soon. I have a 17 year old who wants to send good wishes too.

          • Ezekiel J. Powell

            Wishing you peace, Tahmina. 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.

            • Nuwan Janaka Samarasinghe

              Wishing you peace. Shared this with my family. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.

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