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We lost everything in the flood: help the Riverside settlement start over
The flood damaged 79 homes in the Riverside settlement. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
🇺🇸 Illinois, United States2,410 views
The flood hit the Riverside settlement on 21 May. My home was one of 79 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 $8,600 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $3,400
• Clean water and purification supplies: $950
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $1,400
• Food parcels for displaced families: $1,400
• Tools and labor for repairs: $1,450
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Tomás
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Hope things get better soon. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Brooklyn
Take care. More neighborhoods should do this!
How is Tomás doing now?
Thanks for sharing this. Your post was clear and honest. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.
Stay strong. Hope you get there. I'll check back for the next update. Take care
hang in there. Great idea, hope you get there. Greetings from Onitsha.
Keep going, Tomás. I hope things turn around soon.
Hang in there, Tomás. Great idea, hope you get there. God bless.