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Rebuilding after the flood: the families of Millbrook Lane needs your help

After the flood, families in the families of Millbrook Lane need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.

🇹🇿 Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania2,286 views
Tumusiime Ssebuliba Mwakyusa
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Kinondoni
The flood hit the families of Millbrook Lane on 27 December. My home was one of 41 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 $950 goes: • Food parcels for displaced families: $150 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $195 • Roofing sheets and timber: $490 • Tools and labor for repairs: $115 Every share and every dollar helps.
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  1. Update from Kinondoni: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 41% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Graciela A. Bravo

    You're not alone, Tumusiime. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Sent it to 36 people at work

    • Keerthana C. Rajan

      Hang in there, Tumusiime. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. It's not much but it's yours. God bless.

      • Jameson M. Ortega

        Stay strong, Tumusiime. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We're a small family in Abbottabad but we're thinking of you.

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