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Rebuilding after the earthquake: the Millbrook settlement needs your help
After the earthquake, families in the Millbrook settlement need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.
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The earthquake hit the Millbrook settlement on 7 August. My home was one of 67 damaged, and 4 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 $950 goes:
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $150
• Food parcels for displaced families: $330
• Roofing sheets and timber: $470
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
Updates from Mehmet
We're at 56% thanks to 7 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon.
Quick update: $485 raised so far (51%). I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $250
- Monika Sophie Vogt 🇩🇪 · $250
“Rooting for you. Thought of Mehmet all day after reading this. - Dresden”
- Darshan G. Chavan 🇮🇳 · $100
“All the best. Saw your post and had to give. - Jalandhar”
- Chloe M. Murphy 🇺🇸 · $100
- Mangesh Bhosale 🇮🇳 · $50
- Marta D. Cabrera 🇨🇴 · $44
- Lucy Fields 🇺🇸 · $25
- Idris Jamal Osman 🇲🇦 · $25
- Raquel Raquel Monteiro 🇧🇷 · $25
“Hang in there. I'm in Caruaru, thinking of you. - Caruaru”
- Anonymous 🇷🇴 · $20
- Ayesha Tahmina Mia 🇧🇩 · $20
- Geetha W. Anand 🇮🇳 · $15
- Kinsley Dalton 🇺🇸 · $10
- Anonymous 🇵🇱 · $4
“Thinking of you. Only $4 but hope it helps. - Kraków”
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Thinking of you, Mehmet. This could happen to any of us. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you
Sending good thoughts. Gave what I could, wish it was more. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Üsküdar
Keep going, Mehmet. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Perth