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We lost everything in the cyclone: help the families of Sunrise Lane start over

Neighbors in the families of Sunrise Lane are rebuilding after the cyclone; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.

🇦🇺 Australia5,757 views
Victoria K. Nguyen
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Wollongong
The cyclone hit the families of Sunrise Lane on 15 June. My home was one of 69 damaged, and 11 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. We buy supplies locally and in bulk, so the money goes further. Receipts and photos will be posted in updates. Where the $9,000 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $3,200 • Clean water and purification supplies: $780 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $1,000 • Food parcels for displaced families: $1,950 • Tools and labor for repairs: $2,070 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Victoria
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Victoria

  1. Small update. $5,657 so far, the first invoice got paid this week.

  2. 37% there. I made the first payment toward food parcels for displaced families. Thank you.

  3. We're at 21% thanks to 38 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.

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  • Nanami Fumiko Shibata 🇯🇵 · $250
  • Kunle Abubakar Kalu 🇳🇬 · $250
  • Carter T. Thornton 🇺🇸 · $250
  • Alamin Tareq Khatun 🇮🇳 · $250

    “Be well. Thought of Victoria all day after reading this. - Salem”

  • Tadesse Lemma Zerihun 🇪🇹 · $250
  • Fernanda Luciana Oliveira 🇧🇷 · $200
  • Isabel L. González 🇲🇽 · $200

    “Blessings. Thought of Victoria all day after reading this. - Guadalupe”

  • Tetiana Diana Morozov 🇷🇺 · $200
  • Yash J. Jadhav 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Ricardo N. Martínez 🇲🇽 · $100
  • Dagmawit Kahsay 🇪🇹 · $100

    “Only $100 but hope it helps. - Hawassa”

  • Chidi Tayo Nwankwo 🇳🇬 · $100

    “Stay strong. Thought of Victoria all day after reading this. - Epe”

  • Isabela Aparecida Moura 🇧🇷 · $100
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  • Madelyn G. Morris 🇨🇦 · $100
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  • Trisha F. Galang 🇵🇭 · $100

    “Every little bit. Hope the September deadline works out. - Dasmariñas”

  • Comfort Juliet Uba 🇳🇬 · $100
  • Runa Tahmina Khatun 🇧🇩 · $100

    “Wishing you the best. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Rajshahi”

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  • Ruan W. Van der Merwe

    Sending strength, Victoria. Hope this works out for you. Don't give up.

    • Nicola Christian Palumbo

      This could happen to any of us. Put this on a community board in Aberdeen this morning. God bless.

      • Isuru Rajapaksa

        good luck, Victoria. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Sent it to 18 people at work.

        • Bappy Pavel Uddin

          thinking of you and your family, Victoria. Great idea, hope you get there. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out

          • Alok G. Mittal

            You're not alone. Shared this with my family. We're a small family in Curitiba but we're thinking of you. All the best.

            $7,216.50 raised of $9,000

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