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

The earthquake damaged 17 homes in the Eastgate settlement. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.

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Ratna Novi Hakim
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Jakarta
The earthquake hit the Eastgate settlement on 10 August. My home was one of 17 damaged, and 14 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 $1,350 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $750 • Clean water and purification supplies: $140 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $110 • Food parcels for displaced families: $250 • Tools and labor for repairs: $100 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people. - Ratna
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  • Vy Thảo Pham

    Hang in there. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care

    • Fernanda Kelly Silva

      Keep going. I hope things turn around soon. Put this on a community board in Madurai this morning. Blessings.

      • Rafael F. Díaz

        projects like this are what make a place worth living in. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Take care

        • Madhu W. ThakurPhoto verified

          Hope things get better soon, Ratna. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer

          • Rick Maas

            Thanks for sharing this, Ratna. Hope this works out for you. All the best

            • Riley Nunez

              rooting for you. Great idea, hope you get there. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Jakarta.

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