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Rebuilding after the tornado: the Old Town neighborhood needs your help

Neighbors in the Old Town neighborhood are rebuilding after the tornado; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.

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Megan Stanton
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San Jose
The tornado hit the Old Town neighborhood on 26 August. My home was one of 74 damaged, and 13 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. Funds go to building materials, water purification supplies, bedding, and food for families still in shelters. Where the $7,200 goes: • Food parcels for displaced families: $1,450 • Clean water and purification supplies: $990 • Roofing sheets and timber: $4,760 Thanks for reading all this. - Megan
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Megan

  1. Quick update: $1,827 raised so far (25%). the plan for roofing sheets and timber is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Update from San Jose: I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. We're at 16% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($698 in total) I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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  • Emmanuel Fuseini 🇬🇭 · $20

    “Happy to help. Gave what I could this week. - Takoradi”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $100
  • Sabbir Tanvir Begum 🇧🇩 · $25

    “Hang in there. Saw your post and had to give. - Khulna”

  • Dumisani W. Botha 🇿🇦 · $100
  • Brooks F. Morrison 🇦🇺 · $5
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Nabirye Kiptoo 🇰🇪 · $75
  • Keren Rosenberg 🇮🇱 · $10

    “Rooting for you - Jerusalem”

  • Kevin R. Villanueva 🇵🇭 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Imran Mukherjee 🇧🇩 · $30
  • Anonymous 🇪🇬 · $200

    “Thought of Megan all day after reading this. - Giza”

  • Haris Irfan Cahyono 🇮🇩 · $10

    “Hope things get better. I'm in Malang, thinking of you.”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $15
  • Fatima Shaista Jatoi 🇵🇰 · $5
  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $5
  • Allison E. Flores 🇬🇧 · $10
  • Cecilia G. Castro 🇵🇭 · $10

    “Rooting for you. Thought of Megan all day after reading this.”

  • Fatuma Nafula Kipchoge 🇹🇿 · $75
  • Akosua Linda Owusu 🇬🇭 · $5

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  • Aiden C. Delgado

    great idea, hope you get there. Greetings from Bekasi.

    • Ethan Hughes

      Good luck, Megan. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Ikeja.

      • Sophia K. Lawrence

        Best of luck, Megan. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Love from Allentown.

        • Kipchoge Barasa Karanja

          hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to Epe so I could bring a meal. Take care

          • Maria Federica Donati

            Thanks for sharing this. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 13 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless

            $3,436.50 raised of $7,200

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