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Rebuilding after the house fire that spread across the block: the Riverside neighborhood needs your help
After the house fire that spread across the block, families in the Riverside neighborhood need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.
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The house fire that spread across the block hit the Riverside neighborhood on 29 August. My home was one of 78 damaged, and 14 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.
We buy supplies locally and in bulk, so the money goes further. Receipts and photos will be posted in updates.
Where the $5,550 goes:
• Tools and labor for repairs: $1,350
• Clean water and purification supplies: $420
• Roofing sheets and timber: $3,100
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $680
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Saanvi
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Rooting for you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
Wishing you peace. Great idea, hope you get there. All the best.
Sending good thoughts. Your post was clear and honest. After 8 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything!
So sorry you're going through this. Shared it with a few friends. My neighbor in Ciudad de México donated after I showed her your page.
hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I went through something like this 14 years ago and strangers helped me out.