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Seattle tornado relief - the Riverside settlement

The tornado damaged 71 homes in the Riverside settlement. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.

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Abril L. Luna
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The tornado hit the Riverside settlement on 22 August. My home was one of 71 damaged, and 3 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 $9,650 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $4,050 • Clean water and purification supplies: $750 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $1,450 • Food parcels for displaced families: $1,050 • Tools and labor for repairs: $2,350 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself. - Abril

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  • Tayyaba Amna Iqbal 🇵🇰 · $100
  • Owen F. Navarro 🇺🇸 · $75
  • Heitor Jorge Oliveira 🇧🇷 · $25
  • Hossain Shafiq Karim 🇧🇩 · $47
  • Kreesan Fourie 🇿🇦 · $50
  • Douglas K. Howell 🇬🇧 · $15
  • Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $200
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50

    “Take care of yourselves. Thought of Abril all day after reading this. - Muzaffarpur”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50

    “Thought of Abril all day after reading this. - Sacramento”

  • Isabel P. Muñoz 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Pierre Étienne Roche 🇫🇷 · $20

    “Sending love. I'm in Nîmes, thinking of you.”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $50
  • Cláudia Cláudia Alves 🇧🇷 · $75
  • Rhea Pascual 🇺🇸 · $30
  • Ramesh G. Panwar 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Hasan Metin Şimşek 🇹🇷 · $25
  • Rani Dinda Lubis 🇮🇩 · $10
  • Sultana Farhana Das 🇧🇩 · $15

    “Happy to help. Hope the November deadline works out. - Jessore”

  • Gonzalo R. Ibarra 🇪🇸 · $20
  • Yamuna C. Yadav 🇮🇳 · $50

    “Happy to help. Please keep us posted. - Warangal”

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  • Good luck, Abril. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless.

    • wishing you the best, Abril. More neighborhoods should do this. Sent it to 10 people at work.

      • Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My neighbor in Gazipur donated after I showed her your page

        • Sending love, Abril. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Love from Santarém!

          • Sending love, Abril. Hope you get there. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Seattle.

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