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Nakuru flood relief - the Marketplace neighborhood

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

🇰🇪 Nakuru, Nakuru, Kenya693 views
Auma Aisha Mwangi
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Nakuru
The flood hit the Marketplace neighborhood on 30 April. My home was one of 68 damaged, and 7 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 $1,100 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $500 • Clean water and purification supplies: $65 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $115 • Food parcels for displaced families: $220 • Tools and labor for repairs: $200 I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Auma

  1. Update from Nakuru: I made the first payment toward roofing sheets and timber. We're at 15% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($140 in total) the plan for tools and labor for repairs is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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    “Best of luck. From Minneapolis with love. - Minneapolis”

  • Fernando H. Fuentes 🇺🇸 · $30
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    “Wishing you the best. Hope the July deadline works out. - Kharkiv”

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  • Riku Matsuda 🇯🇵 · $25

    “Stay strong. Thought of Auma all day after reading this.”

  • Crystal L. Wallace 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Kajal H. Sawant 🇮🇳 · $75
  • Naledi T. Moodley 🇿🇦 · $25

    “Thought of Auma all day after reading this. - Stellenbosch”

  • Folake Comfort Nwachukwu 🇳🇬 · $15

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  • Lavinia Laura Mocanu

    Thanks for sharing this, Auma. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

    • Vishal W. Chaturvedi

      shared this with my family. My neighbor in Moscow donated after I showed her your page. Love from Moscow.

      • Palesa B. Mazibuko

        Hope things get better soon, Auma. I hope things turn around soon. Blessings.

        • Gabriela B. Pérez

          Thinking of you and your family, Auma. Shared it with a few friends. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Nakuru.

          • Na-young Ji-min Hong

            wishing you the best, Auma. Looking forward to the next update. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.

            • Isaiah Howell

              Thinking of you and your family, Auma. Hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day

              • Colm O'CallaghanPhoto verified

                Praying for you, Auma. Shared it with a few friends

                • Madhu R. ShuklaAddress verified

                  Best of luck, Auma. More neighborhoods should do this. God bless.

                  • Emma S. MendozaID verified

                    Great idea, hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. All the best!

                    • Brielle Whitaker

                      Thanks for sharing this. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Nakuru!

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