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Rebuilding after the storm: the Marketplace neighborhood needs your help
Neighbors in the Marketplace neighborhood are rebuilding after the storm; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.
🇿🇦 5171, Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa910 views
The storm hit the Marketplace neighborhood on 1 March. My home was one of 82 damaged, and 10 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 $1,500 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $780
• Food parcels for displaced families: $390
• Clean water and purification supplies: $330
If you're reading this, thank you.
Updates from Lungile
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- Suresh Pun 🇳🇵 · $675
- Yasir Samir Amin 🇺🇸 · $100
“From Rochester with love. - Rochester”
- Yinka Gbenga Ekwueme 🇳🇬 · $75
- Rashid Majid Sabbagh 🇲🇦 · $75
“All the best! - Mohammedia”
- Eimear MacNamara 🇮🇪 · $67
- Kevin E. Simmons 🇺🇸 · $61
- Théo Étienne Fournier 🇫🇷 · $50
- Omondi Peter Kigozi 🇹🇿 · $50
- Olivia Pruitt 🇦🇺 · $50
“From my family to yours. From Melbourne with love.”
- Lea Elke Pohl 🇩🇪 · $50
“Get well soon. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Nuremberg”
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $30
“Sending love. Please keep us posted. - Faisalabad”
- Sathi Runa Banerjee 🇮🇳 · $25
- Geetha E. Sundaram 🇮🇳 · $25
“Rooting for you. My neighbor told me about this one. - Mumbai”
- Brian K. Bishop 🇺🇸 · $20
- Natalie D. Payne 🇺🇸 · $20
“Blessings. Thought of Lungile all day after reading this.”
- Waweru Hamisi Ochieng 🇰🇪 · $20
- Carlos T. Mora 🇨🇴 · $15
- Everett Wagner 🇬🇧 · $10
- Mukesh C. Nanda 🇨🇦 · $10
- Salvatore Donati 🇮🇹 · $9
“Wishing you the best. Hope the May deadline works out. - Milan”
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Lungile.
It's all in the list in the story. roofing sheets and timber is the big one at $780, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Let me know if you want more detail.
best of luck. Shared this with my family. My neighbor in London donated after I showed her your page. God bless
Good luck, Lungile. Shared this with my family. Blessings.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Mthatha.
Thank you. If you're in Mthatha I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks for looking so closely.
hope it all works out, Lungile. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Take care
looking forward to the next update. Please keep us posted.
Thinking of you. Shared this with my family. I'll check back for the next update. God bless
Stay strong. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My neighbor in Novosibirsk donated after I showed her your page.