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Rebuilding after the house fire that spread across the block: the Old Town district needs your help

Neighbors in the Old Town district are rebuilding after the house fire that spread across the block; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.

🇰🇷 South Korea6,590 views
Sung-min Oh
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Seoul
The house fire that spread across the block hit the Old Town district on 30 June. My home was one of 63 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. Funds go to building materials, water purification supplies, bedding, and food for families still in shelters. Where the $6,100 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $3,300 • Clean water and purification supplies: $620 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $390 • Food parcels for displaced families: $1,000 • Tools and labor for repairs: $790 Every share and every dollar helps. - Sung-min
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Sung-min

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 31% funded and we've started the first stage.

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  • Herman Lopez 🇵🇭 · $28

    “Best of luck. Hope you get the rest soon. - Lapu-Lapu”

  • Olumide Femi Adebayo 🇳🇬 · $20

    “Praying for you. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Ikeja”

  • Hamisi Victor Ochieng 🇹🇿 · $5
  • Emmanuel Kobina Frimpong 🇬🇭 · $50
  • Robert Vega 🇺🇸 · $60

    “Rooting for you. From Columbus with love. - Columbus”

  • Mahin Habib Chowdhury 🇧🇩 · $500

    “Take care of yourselves. My cousin told me about this one. - Dhaka”

  • Mariana E. Ochoa 🇺🇸 · $10

    “Keep your head up. Small amount but sent with love. - San Jose”

  • Nathan R. Campbell 🇬🇧 · $25

    “Hope things get better. My cousin told me about this one. - London”

  • Ricardo E. Maldonado 🇲🇽 · $25
  • Chihiro Saki Fujiwara 🇯🇵 · $10
  • Diego W. Díaz 🇨🇴 · $5

    “From my family to yours. Hope you get the rest soon. - Envigado”

  • Ika Okta Hutapea 🇮🇩 · $100
  • Hanna Maria Sjöberg 🇸🇪 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $25

    “God bless. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Nakuru”

  • Amol F. Sawant 🇮🇳 · $50

    “Get well soon. Gave what I could this week. - Aurangabad”

  • Songül Yağmur Güneş 🇹🇷 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $200

    “Hope the September deadline works out. - Saskatoon”

  • Lúcia Elaine Barbosa 🇧🇷 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $62
  • Piet Thijs Scholten 🇳🇱 · $10

    “Praying for you. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Amsterdam”

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  • Waylon C. Rose

    Keep going, Sung-min. Hope you get there. Greetings from Riyadh.

    • Shivam M. Pandey

      Wishing you the best. Your post was clear and honest. God bless.

      • Iman Basma Al-FarsiQuestion

        What's already covered and what's the $6,100 for?

        • Sung-min OhOwnerAnswerID verified

          It's all in the list in the story. roofing sheets and timber is the big one at $3,300, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. It helps to be asked.

      • Nevaeh N. Rivera

        wishing you the best. More neighborhoods should do this. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Take care.

        • Allan H. CastilloPhoto verified

          Stay strong, Sung-min. It takes guts to ask. Well done. It's not much but it's yours. Take care

          • Chantel B. Botha

            Thinking of you and your family, Sung-min. Great idea, hope you get there. All the best.

            • Keith J. Dunn

              Best of luck, Sung-min. Shared it with a few friends. Wish I lived closer to Abbottabad so I could bring a meal

              • Chloe W. Cooper

                Good luck. More neighborhoods should do this. All the best

                • James Woods

                  I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Seoul.

                  • Rohan T. GrewalPhoto verified

                    rooting for you, Sung-min. I hope things turn around soon. Put this on a community board in Laredo this morning

                    $7,661.50 raised of $6,100

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