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We lost everything in the fire in the informal settlement: help the Eastgate neighborhood start over
The fire in the informal settlement damaged 46 homes in the Eastgate neighborhood. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
🇿🇦 Gauteng, South Africa1,342 views
The fire in the informal settlement hit the Eastgate neighborhood on 5 July. My home was one of 46 damaged, and 4 families are still in temporary shelter at the local school gym.
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 $750 goes:
• Tools and labor for repairs: $350
• Food parcels for displaced families: $290
• Clean water and purification supplies: $110
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
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- Rashid C. Fourie 🇿🇦 · $25
“God bless. Shared with friends too. - Gqeberha”
- Nithya R. Pai 🇮🇳 · $5
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $15
- Fikir Fikir Haile 🇪🇹 · $25
- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $75
“From my family to yours. Only $75 but hope it helps. - Pasig”
- Teresa W. Morales 🇺🇸 · $10
- Janhavi P. Trivedi 🇮🇳 · $25
“Sending love. Hope the September deadline works out. - Prayagraj”
- Florence Halima Mwakyusa 🇰🇪 · $10
- Benjamin Salazar 🇬🇧 · $20
- Salvador N. Robles 🇦🇷 · $20
- Mauricio W. Sánchez 🇲🇽 · $60
- Divina D. Tomas 🇵🇭 · $38
- Elif Ecrin Özdemir 🇹🇷 · $10
- Nithya E. Pai 🇮🇳 · $100
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Take care, Gerhard. This could happen to any of us. All the best.
good luck, Gerhard. Shared it with a few friends.
Thanks for sharing this. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Johannesburg
Thinking of you and your family, Gerhard. Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Bristol this morning. All the best
Take care, Gerhard. Shared this with my family. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Dwarka.
Keep going. More neighborhoods should do this. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless.
Thinking of you, Gerhard. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Tokyo.