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Rebuilding after the landslide: the Marketplace neighborhood needs your help
After the landslide, families in the Marketplace neighborhood need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.
🇯🇲 Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica1,004 views
The landslide hit the Marketplace neighborhood on 10 April. My home was one of 49 damaged, and 4 families are still in temporary shelter at a mosque and church hall.
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 $1,750 goes:
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $300
• Clean water and purification supplies: $230
• Food parcels for displaced families: $490
• Tools and labor for repairs: $730
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Kayla
Updates from Kayla
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- Raghavan Hegde 🇮🇳 · $250
- Antônio Medeiros 🇧🇷 · $250
- Clémence Camille Blanchard 🇫🇷 · $100
- Rajesh G. Sharma 🇮🇳 · $100
- Salma Dola Talukder 🇬🇧 · $72
- Lanre Usman Onyeama 🇳🇬 · $50
- John Macharia Kiptoo 🇺🇬 · $50
- Olivia R. Pretorius 🇿🇦 · $25
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $25
“You got this. Hope you get the rest soon. - Belo Horizonte”
- Pavithra N. Varadarajan 🇮🇳 · $15
- Okechukwu Bello Aliyu 🇳🇬 · $10
- Rosa T. Vásquez 🇺🇸 · $10
- Lovely Cruz 🇵🇭 · $5
- Hadley Newman 🇦🇺 · $5
“Rooting for you. Small amount but sent with love. - Brisbane”
- Aleena Khan 🇵🇰 · $3.50
“You got this. Only $4 but hope it helps. - Gujranwala”
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Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 4 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless.
Praying for you, Kayla. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Take care.
Thanks for sharing this, Kayla. Hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to San Jose so I could bring a meal
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Kayla?
Hope things get better soon, Kayla. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier!
how is Kayla doing now?
Hope it all works out, Kayla. This could happen to any of us. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Rajshahi
Keep going, Kayla. Hope this works out for you
Sending strength. Shared this with my family. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Thinking of Kingston!
Sending good thoughts, Kayla. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. All the best.
Keep going. I hope things turn around soon. My husband and I read this together. Love from Heliopolis.
Sending good thoughts. This could happen to any of us. Put this on a community board in Addis Ababa this morning.