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Rebuilding after the wildfire: the Eastgate settlement needs your help
Neighbors in the Eastgate settlement are rebuilding after the wildfire; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.
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The wildfire hit the Eastgate settlement on 14 June. My home was one of 18 damaged, and 5 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 $9,200 goes:
• Food parcels for displaced families: $2,250
• Tools and labor for repairs: $1,400
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $960
• Roofing sheets and timber: $4,590
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Patricia
Updates from Patricia
Update from Fresno: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 27% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Sumbal Sana Sandhu 🇵🇰 · $64
- Aubree B. Martin 🇬🇧 · $75
“Be well - Derry”
- Anil M. Arora 🇺🇸 · $10
- Shahid Fahad Awan 🇵🇰 · $10
“Best of luck. Thought of Patricia all day after reading this. - Rawalpindi”
- Abigail E. Vasquez 🇺🇸 · $30
“All the best. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Corpus Christi”
- Gabriela Camila Fernandes 🇧🇷 · $25
- Iwona Danuta Woźniak 🇵🇱 · $50
- Emilia B. Bowers 🇺🇸 · $100
- Antônio Fernando Almeida 🇧🇷 · $50
- Lillian Meyer 🇺🇸 · $20
- Tarun H. Khanna 🇮🇳 · $200
“Be well. My father told me about this one. - New Delhi”
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $5
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $31.50
- Anonymous 🇪🇬 · $10
- Buddhini Amaya Kumarasinghe 🇱🇰 · $5
- Kavita F. Grewal 🇮🇳 · $25
- Paisley N. Gardner 🇬🇧 · $10
“Rooting for you. Please keep us posted. - Newport”
- Danica D. Pascual 🇵🇭 · $20
“Get well soon. Been where you are, it gets better. - Pasig”
- Cameron Pruitt 🇺🇸 · $20
- Lauren S. Vargas 🇺🇸 · $77.50
“Hope it all works out. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Fort Worth”
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Keep going, Patricia. Hope you get there.
Sending strength, Patricia. Looking forward to the next update. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
So sorry you're going through this, Patricia. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Los Angeles.
Hang in there. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Paarl.
So sorry you're going through this, Patricia. Hope you get there. Blessings.
Hope it all works out. Shared this with my family. After 28 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Fresno.