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Rebuilding after the wildfire: the Old Town neighborhood needs your help
After the wildfire, families in the Old Town neighborhood need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.
🇲🇽 San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico2,587 views
The wildfire hit the Old Town neighborhood on 25 November. My home was one of 23 damaged, and 12 families are still in temporary shelter at a mosque and church 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 $1,700 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $1,300
• Clean water and purification supplies: $270
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $130
If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
Updates from Francisco
Quick update: $639 raised so far (38%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 23% funded and I made the first payment toward clean water and purification supplies.
- Joshua N. Pascual 🇵🇭 · $13
- Pichai Nikom Promsri 🇹🇭 · $50
- Yakubu Babatunde Eze 🇳🇬 · $200
- Angel L. Dominguez 🇺🇸 · $10
- Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $30
- Pranav N. Randhawa 🇮🇳 · $15
“Good luck. Thought of Francisco all day after reading this. - Vadodara”
- Joseph W. Wilson 🇺🇸 · $25
- Jonathan F. Ayala 🇬🇧 · $25
- Nova G. Carr 🇬🇧 · $20
- Gonzalo B. Delgado 🇺🇸 · $20
- Giang Loan Do 🇻🇳 · $10
- Mpho M. Coetzee 🇿🇦 · $74
- Anonymous 🇫🇷 · $50
- Taylor G. Riley 🇺🇸 · $20
“Every little bit. Thought of Francisco all day after reading this. - Yonkers”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20
- Maayan Hadas Dahan 🇮🇱 · $5
“Praying for you. Gave what I could this week. - Haifa”
- Diego N. Díaz 🇺🇸 · $75
- Joanna Zuzanna Szczepański 🇵🇱 · $100
- Annabelle P. Page 🇺🇸 · $25
- Ife Yetunde Ogunbanjo 🇳🇬 · $25
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You're not alone. Great idea, hope you get there. My neighbor in Winston-Salem donated after I showed her your page.
your post was clear and honest. Wish I lived closer to Hải Phòng so I could bring a meal. Thinking of San Nicolás de los Garza
You're not alone, Francisco. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Put this on a community board in Guadalupe this morning. Take care
Praying for you, Francisco. More neighborhoods should do this. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home
Shared this with my family. I'll check back for the next update. Greetings from Embakasi.
Sending good thoughts, Francisco. I hope things turn around soon. I went through something like this 12 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Wishing you the best, Francisco. Hope this works out for you. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Take care.
Thinking of you and your family, Francisco. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. All the best.
Thanks for sharing this, Francisco. Hope this works out for you. Love from Lahore.
Thinking of you and your family, Francisco. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. After 15 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless
hope things get better soon, Francisco. More neighborhoods should do this. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend