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Rebuilding after the wildfire: the Marketplace district needs your help

After the wildfire, families in the Marketplace district need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.

🇪🇸 Catalonia, Spain2,415 views
Leonardo M. Santos
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Girona
The wildfire hit the Marketplace district on 23 August. My home was one of 71 damaged, and 13 families are still in temporary shelter at the community 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 $3,200 goes: • Food parcels for displaced families: $780 • Clean water and purification supplies: $350 • Roofing sheets and timber: $1,200 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $870 If you're reading this, thank you. - Leonardo
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Updates from Leonardo

  1. Quick update: $941 raised so far (29%). I made the first payment toward clean water and purification supplies. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Quick update: $602 raised so far (19%). I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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    “Stay strong. Thought of Leonardo all day after reading this. - Bangkok”

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  • Jonathan L. GomezPhoto verified

    Sending love. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Girona.

    • Yewande Kehinde Salami

      praying for you, Leonardo. I hope things turn around soon. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.

      • Liam R. McCoy

        So sorry you're going through this, Leonardo. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Put this on a community board in Philadelphia this morning.

        • Nan Tian

          Praying for you. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Don't give up. Blessings.

          • Naveen E. Khanna

            Stay strong, Leonardo. Shared this with my family. Take care

            • Hari Subash Limbu

              Thinking of you and your family, Leonardo. Hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day

              • Harsh R. Patel

                this could happen to any of us. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Girona.

                • Eko Andi Sutanto

                  I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Madurai

                  • Jung-ho Min-ho Jin

                    Sending good thoughts, Leonardo. This could happen to any of us. Don't be hard on yourself for asking

                    $2,935 raised of $3,200

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