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We lost everything in the cyclone: help the Eastgate settlement start over

Neighbors in the Eastgate settlement are rebuilding after the cyclone; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.

🇧🇩 Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh1,510 views
Ayesha Shirin Mia
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Dhaka
The cyclone hit the Eastgate settlement on 13 August. My home was one of 45 damaged, and 5 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. Funds go to building materials, water purification supplies, bedding, and food for families still in shelters. Where the $850 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $300 • Clean water and purification supplies: $135 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $110 • Food parcels for displaced families: $195 • Tools and labor for repairs: $110 I hope life is good to you.
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Updates from Ayesha

  1. We're at 36% thanks to 13 of you. the plan for tools and labor for repairs is now scheduled. More news soon.

  2. 21% there. I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. Thank you. - Ayesha

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    “Take care of yourselves. Small amount but sent with love. - Dayton”

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  • Zainab Kiran Baig

    thanks for sharing this, Ayesha. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust!

    • Garima J. MittalPhoto verified

      Best of luck, Ayesha. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Dhaka.

      • Anushka B. Solanki

        Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor in Davao City donated after I showed her your page

        • Kweku Theophilus Twum

          Wishing you the best, Ayesha. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Coyoacán.

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