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Volunteers needed to fix a leaking roof for Althea in Montego Bay
The roof at Althea's home is failing; materials are donated and we need hands.
🇯🇲 Montego Bay, Saint James, Jamaica394 views
I'm a retired bus driver living in Montego Bay. During the last storm water started coming through the ceiling in 2 places, and the living room is no longer usable. A roofer quoted $1,050, which isn't something I can pay.
The good news: a local hardware store has donated the corrugated iron sheets and timber. What I don't have is people to do the work. I'm looking for 4-6 people who can help over a weekend.
Experience helps, but it isn't essential - I'll have a licensed roofer supervising for safety. All you need is to be comfortable with heights or willing to help from the ground. I'll provide lunch, water and lots of thanks.
The work will be done on the ground and roof with proper harnesses. If you can only help for a few hours, that's welcome too.
Glad we found this place.
- effort
- a weekend
- format
- In person in Montego Bay
- skills
- roofing, carpentry, general labor
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- Erdem Volkan Yavuz 🇹🇷 Accepted
I live about 8 km from Montego Bay. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need.
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Take care. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor in Chandler donated after I showed her your page
sending strength, Althea. A secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon. Greetings from Thiruvananthapuram.
Take care, Althea. Hope this works out for you
Keep going. Shared this with my family. Greetings from Obuasi
Hope things get better soon, Althea. A secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon. I have a 17 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Take care.
sending strength, Althea. This could happen to any of us. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Love from Montego Bay!
I was in a similar spot a few years ago and it did get better. Love from Yonkers.
Thinking of you. 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.
sending love. I was in a similar spot a few years ago and it did get better. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
thanks for sharing this, Althea. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Put this on a community board in Bang Khen this morning.
Praying for you, Althea. Shared this with my family. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.
Best of luck, Althea. A secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon.
Best of luck, Althea. Looking forward to the next update. Love from Gujranwala
Keep going, Althea. I hope things turn around soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
Hope things get better soon. A secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon. After 14 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Montego Bay.