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Rebuilding after the tornado: Orchard village needs your help

After the tornado, families in Orchard village need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States4,506 views
Wayne Miller
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San Francisco
The tornado hit Orchard village on 17 August. My home was one of 43 damaged, and 9 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 $5,950 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $1,450 • Clean water and purification supplies: $560 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $580 • Food parcels for displaced families: $2,050 • Tools and labor for repairs: $1,310 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Wayne

  1. Small update. $953 so far, I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts.

  2. Small update. $713 so far, the first invoice got paid this week.

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  • Anita G. PatelQuestion

    What exactly is the $5,950 for?

    • Wayne MillerOwnerAnswer

      The list at the bottom is the whole picture. roofing sheets and timber is the biggest at $1,450. Ask me anything else.

  • Parker L. Mosley

    Wishing you the best. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Blessings

    • Busaba Chalida Wongprasert

      Sending strength. Hope you get there. God bless.

      • Benjamin P. Miller

        Wishing you the best. Great idea, hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Faisalabad this morning

        • Nancy Halima Hamisi

          Sending strength. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. All the best

          • Cynthia G. Morrison

            thinking of you. Great idea, hope you get there.

            • Clémence Roussel

              Thinking of you and your family. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I have a 13 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Blessings.

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