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

The fire in the market damaged 21 homes in the families of Sunrise Lane. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.

🇹🇿 Zanzibar City, Zanzibar Urban/West, Tanzania1,847 views
Peter Maina Nakamya
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Zanzibar City
The fire in the market hit the families of Sunrise Lane on 20 November. My home was one of 21 damaged, and 8 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 $700 goes: • Tools and labor for repairs: $160 • Food parcels for displaced families: $165 • Roofing sheets and timber: $280 • Clean water and purification supplies: $95 Thanks for being kind about this. - Peter
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Peter

  1. Thank you all. We're at 45% now ($317). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward food parcels for displaced families.

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  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Ha-eun Eun-kyung Choi 🇰🇷 · $100
  • Harold S. Lane 🇦🇺 · $100

    “Hope this helps. My mother told me about this one. - Melbourne”

  • Emma H. Singh 🇨🇦 · $51.50

    “From my family to yours. Shared with friends too. - Lethbridge”

  • Ana L. Cordero 🇲🇽 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $43.50
  • Hakan Furkan Keskin 🇹🇷 · $30

    “Blessings. Gave what I could this week. - Çankaya”

  • Alamin Sohel Karim 🇧🇩 · $29
  • Amaka Abosede Daramola 🇳🇬 · $25
  • Hira Iqra Ali 🇵🇰 · $25

    “From my family to yours. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Lahore”

  • Maverick T. Bowers 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Ga-eun Seul-gi Kwon 🇰🇷 · $20
  • Shima Shefali Mia 🇧🇩 · $20

    “Take care of yourselves. My sister told me about this one. - Rajshahi”

  • Ziad Saeed Habib 🇪🇬 · $15
  • Damien Michel Marchand 🇫🇷 · $10

    “Get well soon. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Saint-Étienne”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Pongsak Dusit Wattana 🇹🇭 · $10
  • Musa Nonso Kalu 🇳🇬 · $5

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  • Djeneba Aya Doumbia

    Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 17 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Blessings

    • Philippe Kévin Leclercq

      Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Love from Calgary.

      $664 raised of $700

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