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Rebuilding after the house fire that spread across the block: Sunrise village needs your help
The house fire that spread across the block damaged 52 homes in Sunrise village. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil1,045 views
The house fire that spread across the block hit Sunrise village on 2 July. My home was one of 52 damaged, and 13 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 $2,100 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $1,550
• Clean water and purification supplies: $150
• Tools and labor for repairs: $400
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
Updates from Raquel
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- Lakshmi T. Varadarajan 🇮🇳 · $50
- Nazia Rabia Lodhi 🇵🇰 · $5
- Zenaida T. Concepcion 🇵🇭 · $50
- Ezra D. Foster 🇺🇸 · $500
- Renata N. Lara 🇪🇸 · $100
- Terry F. Palmer 🇨🇦 · $100
- Scarlett F. Stevens 🇳🇿 · $10
- Lisa Frieda Schmitz 🇩🇪 · $10
- Bimala Lama 🇳🇵 · $100
- Manoj E. Tripathi 🇺🇸 · $10
“Wishing you the best. My brother told me about this one. - Riverside”
- Hani Kartika Budiman 🇮🇩 · $54
- Ruma Shima Ali 🇧🇩 · $25
“Thought of Raquel all day after reading this. - Sylhet”
- Henry Chukwuemeka Odukoya 🇳🇬 · $100
- Douglas R. Johnston 🇺🇸 · $10
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Raquel!
Roofing sheets and timber is $1,550 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Fair thing to want to know.
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings.
Praying for you, Raquel. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I have a 14 year old who wants to send good wishes too.
Hang in there. Shared this with my family. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of São Paulo.
Best of luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Santa Rosa.
Thinking of you, Raquel. Looking forward to the next update. Don't give up. Blessings.
you're not alone. More neighborhoods should do this. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.
wishing you peace, Raquel. Hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
hope things get better soon. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of São Paulo.
Thanks for sharing this. Your post was clear and honest. Love from Jakarta Selatan
Hope it all works out, Raquel. It takes guts to ask. Well done.
thanks for sharing this, Raquel. Shared it with a few friends.
Best of luck. It takes guts to ask. Well done. After 28 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything.