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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.
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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
Updates from Sung-min
Wanted to say thank you properly. 31% funded and we've started the first stage.
- Mahin Habib Chowdhury 🇧🇩 · $500
“Take care of yourselves. My cousin told me about this one. - Dhaka”
- Sita A. Shukla 🇮🇳 · $500
“Good luck. Thought of Sung-min all day after reading this. - New Delhi”
- Sayali A. Thakkar 🇮🇳 · $500
“You got this. Only $500 but hope it helps.”
- Mariana Eliane Figueiredo 🇧🇷 · $360
- Mensah Kwaku Frimpong 🇬🇭 · $250
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $200
“Hope the September deadline works out. - Saskatoon”
- Letícia Larissa Dantas 🇧🇷 · $200
“From Salvador with love. - Salvador”
- Ika Okta Hutapea 🇮🇩 · $100
- Hanna Maria Sjöberg 🇸🇪 · $100
- Liang Shuai Lin 🇨🇦 · $100
- Rodel K. Santos 🇵🇭 · $100
- Patrick Shaw 🇺🇸 · $100
“Sending love. My mother told me about this one. - Oakland”
- Werner Ben Winkler 🇩🇪 · $100
- Harsh G. More 🇮🇳 · $100
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $100
- Taner Barış Kılıç 🇩🇪 · $100
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $100
- Danish Naveed Abbasi 🇵🇰 · $100
“Stay strong! - Gujranwala”
- Regina A. Velasco 🇪🇸 · $100
“Small amount but sent with love. - Alcalá de Henares”
- Brenda P. Munoz 🇺🇸 · $100
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Keep going, Sung-min. Hope you get there. Greetings from Riyadh.
Wishing you the best. Your post was clear and honest. God bless.
What's already covered and what's the $6,100 for?
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.
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.
Stay strong, Sung-min. It takes guts to ask. Well done. It's not much but it's yours. Take care
Thinking of you and your family, Sung-min. Great idea, hope you get there. All the best.
Best of luck, Sung-min. Shared it with a few friends. Wish I lived closer to Abbottabad so I could bring a meal
Good luck. More neighborhoods should do this. All the best
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Seoul.
rooting for you, Sung-min. I hope things turn around soon. Put this on a community board in Laredo this morning