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Rebuilding after the flood: the families of Eastgate Lane needs your help
The flood damaged 16 homes in the families of Eastgate Lane. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
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The flood hit the families of Eastgate Lane on 5 June. My home was one of 16 damaged, and 5 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 $6,100 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $2,250
• Clean water and purification supplies: $740
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $670
• Food parcels for displaced families: $1,350
• Tools and labor for repairs: $1,090
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
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- Yash Oberoi 🇮🇳 · $25
“Wish I could do more. Been where you are, it gets better. - Muzaffarpur”
- Rekha T. Dwivedi 🇮🇳 · $20
- Samuel Felix Sackey 🇬🇭 · $250
“All the best. Gave what I could this week. - Madina”
- Zhe Lei Xie 🇨🇦 · $25
- Rafael Wellington Gonçalves 🇧🇷 · $25
- Weston S. Andrews 🇬🇧 · $10
- Varun Bansal 🇮🇳 · $5
- Sohel Kamrul Hossain 🇧🇩 · $100
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- Hauwa Omolara Ogunleye 🇳🇬 · $100
- Gabriel Rusu 🇷🇴 · $13.50
- Suresh Raju Bajracharya 🇳🇵 · $20
“Happy to help. Shared with friends too. - Bhaktapur”
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- Renato Anderson Lacerda 🇧🇷 · $100
- Dinda Bunga Utomo 🇮🇩 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20
“Sending love. Thought of Lily all day after reading this. - Sacramento”
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- Lola Abosede Mba 🇳🇬 · $5
- Louis Renault 🇨🇦 · $37
“Thinking of you. - Burnaby”
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So sorry you're going through this, Lily. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.
Keep going, Lily. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. After 8 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Praying for you, Lily. More neighborhoods should do this. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Blessings.
wishing you the best, Lily. More neighborhoods should do this. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.
Stay strong. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless
Sending love. Shared it with a few friends. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. God bless.
Hang in there, Lily. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.
Hope things get better soon, Lily. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Cali
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Wish I lived closer to Bakersfield so I could bring a meal. Thinking of London!
Thanks for sharing this, Lily. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Put this on a community board in San Francisco this morning. God bless.