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Rio de Janeiro landslide relief - the Millbrook district

After the landslide, families in the Millbrook district need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.

🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1,231 views
Jéssica Lorena Paiva
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Rio de Janeiro
The landslide hit the Millbrook district on 2 August. My home was one of 90 damaged, and 3 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 $2,650 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $1,400 • Clean water and purification supplies: $210 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $410 • Food parcels for displaced families: $230 • Tools and labor for repairs: $400 I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Jéssica

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($160 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Jéssica

  2. Update from Rio de Janeiro: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 4% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “From my family to yours. Hope the November deadline works out. - Bronx”

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    “Wish I could do more. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Coyoacán”

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    “Be well. Hope the November deadline works out. - Jessore”

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    “Blessings. I'm in Parramatta, thinking of you. - Parramatta”

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    “Thinking of you. Hope the November deadline works out. - Barcelona”

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  • Nikom Pichai Saetang

    rooting for you. Great idea, hope you get there. Thinking of Rio de Janeiro.

    • Jamila Dalia Haddad

      Sending love, Jéssica. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Put this on a community board in Johannesburg this morning. Love from Johannesburg.

      $422.50 raised of $2,650

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