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Rebuilding after the fire in the informal settlement: the families of Millbrook Lane needs your help
The fire in the informal settlement damaged 18 homes in the families of Millbrook Lane. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
🇿🇦 Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa1,036 views
The fire in the informal settlement hit the families of Millbrook Lane on 11 December. My home was one of 18 damaged, and 2 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 $1,300 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $390
• Clean water and purification supplies: $95
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $290
• Food parcels for displaced families: $270
• Tools and labor for repairs: $255
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Marlene
Thank you all. We're at 50% now ($644). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
- Joseph Musyoka Kiptoo 🇰🇪 · $10
“God bless. Thought of Marlene all day after reading this. - Kikuyu”
- Samuel Abubakar Akinwale 🇳🇬 · $25
- Nida Sandhu 🇵🇰 · $40
- Aria E. Ramirez 🇬🇧 · $100
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $25
- Tamaki Ayumi Hayashi 🇯🇵 · $5
- Jumoke Ronke Nwachukwu 🇳🇬 · $25
- Tahmina Jannat Kabir 🇧🇩 · $55
- Nenita B. Lopez 🇵🇭 · $10
- Beatriz M. López 🇲🇽 · $5
- Vishal A. Randhawa 🇮🇳 · $25
- Luke R. Watson 🇺🇸 · $20
- Katharina Schuster 🇩🇪 · $50
- Slamet Mahendra 🇮🇩 · $20
“Take care of yourselves. Hope you get the rest soon. - Makassar”
- Giovana Giovana Peixoto 🇧🇷 · $20
- Jumoke Joy Tijani 🇳🇬 · $25
- Rohit B. Parmar 🇮🇳 · $50
“Take care of yourselves. Hope the February deadline works out. - Aurangabad”
- Barasa Mbwambo 🇹🇿 · $10
- Leandro Lima 🇧🇷 · $39
- João Gabriel Martins 🇧🇷 · $50
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is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Marlene.
Stay strong, Marlene. It takes guts to ask. Well done. It's not much but it's yours.
Praying for you. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Thinking of Soweto.
Hang in there, Marlene. More neighborhoods should do this. God bless