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Rebuilding after the bushfire: the Riverside settlement needs your help
The bushfire damaged 85 homes in the Riverside settlement. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
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The bushfire hit the Riverside settlement on 26 August. My home was one of 85 damaged, and 14 families are still in temporary shelter at a mosque and church 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.
We buy supplies locally and in bulk, so the money goes further. Receipts and photos will be posted in updates.
Where the $8,000 goes:
• Food parcels for displaced families: $1,500
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $540
• Tools and labor for repairs: $1,950
• Roofing sheets and timber: $4,010
Every share and every dollar helps.
Updates from Isabella
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- Cláudio Maurício Coelho 🇧🇷 · $250
- Akira Hideo Ono 🇯🇵 · $200
“Hope the October deadline works out. - Kawasaki”
- Rima Rahima Biswas 🇧🇩 · $200
- Natalia K. Campos 🇲🇽 · $200
“Only $200 but hope it helps. - Zapopan”
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $200
- Alexander Tucker 🇺🇸 · $200
“Wish I could do more! - Spokane”
- Esteban C. Maldonado 🇪🇸 · $100
“Praying for you. - Vigo”
- Fatima Folake Adebayo 🇳🇬 · $100
- Vivian Diaz 🇺🇸 · $100
- Việt Toàn Dao 🇻🇳 · $100
“Praying for you. Hope the October deadline works out. - Hồ Chí Minh City”
- Kshitija F. Amin 🇮🇳 · $100
“Get well soon. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Salem”
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $100
- Eva Leonard 🇺🇸 · $100
- Anonymous 🇺🇬 · $100
- Volkan Ahmet Koç 🇩🇪 · $100
- Ganesh H. Kale 🇮🇳 · $100
- Travis Murray 🇺🇸 · $80
- Ramon K. Navarro 🇵🇭 · $75
- Mert Alp Yavuz 🇹🇷 · $75
- Ximena R. Howard 🇬🇧 · $75
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good luck, Isabella. This could happen to any of us. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Bergamo
Sending strength, Isabella. Gave what I could, wish it was more.
thanks for sharing this, Isabella. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. All the best.
Sending love, Isabella. This could happen to any of us. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
Sending strength. More neighborhoods should do this. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
Hope things get better soon. Looking forward to the next update. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Newcastle.