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Rebuilding after the house fire that spread across the block: the families of Orchard Lane needs your help
The house fire that spread across the block damaged 15 homes in the families of Orchard Lane. We are raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom5,920 views
The house fire that spread across the block hit the families of Orchard Lane on 28 July. My home was one of 15 damaged, and 3 families are still in temporary shelter at the sports club.
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 $5,600 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $1,800
• Clean water and purification supplies: $380
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $790
• Food parcels for displaced families: $1,250
• Tools and labor for repairs: $1,380
Glad we found this place.
- Josephine
Updates from Josephine
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- Ananya Sharma 🇮🇳 · $25
- Neha H. Srivastava 🇮🇳 · $13
- Letícia Larissa Monteiro 🇧🇷 · $25
- Otávio Joaquim Albuquerque 🇧🇷 · $20
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $10
- Francis P. Soriano 🇵🇭 · $57.50
“Praying for you. From Davao City with love. - Davao City”
- Nadia Lyudmila Filippov 🇷🇺 · $50
“Good luck. I'm in Novosibirsk, thinking of you.”
- Arthur Cláudio Lacerda 🇧🇷 · $50
“Get well soon. Hope the November deadline works out. - Vitória da Conquista”
- Mizanur Sohel Kabir 🇬🇧 · $8
“You got this. Gave what I could this week. - Belfast”
- Niels Van der Linden 🇳🇱 · $10
- Rebecca A. Knight 🇦🇺 · $25
“Good luck. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Cairns”
- Araceli N. Urbina 🇲🇽 · $5
- José M. Bravo 🇲🇽 · $25
- Chalida Tippawan Chantarasri 🇹🇭 · $10
- Gustavo N. Vásquez 🇺🇸 · $10
“You got this. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Riverside”
- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $25
- Joya Dola Molla 🇧🇩 · $26.50
- Salman Babar Yousafzai 🇵🇰 · $30
- Zahra Khalil 🇪🇬 · $5
- Francis William Amoah 🇬🇭 · $10
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can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Birmingham!
Your post was clear and honest. Sent it to 18 people at work. Thinking of Birmingham.
you're not alone, Josephine. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust
good luck. Looking forward to the next update. Greetings from Rawalpindi.
stay strong, Josephine. This could happen to any of us. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.
Best of luck. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.