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We lost everything in the heatwave: help the Hillcrest district start over
The heatwave damaged 80 homes in the Hillcrest district. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
🇮🇳 Pune, Maharashtra, India1,723 views
The heatwave hit the Hillcrest district on 9 April. My home was one of 80 damaged, and 8 families are still in temporary shelter at a mosque and church hall.
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 $1,550 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $760
• Clean water and purification supplies: $100
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $170
• Food parcels for displaced families: $270
• Tools and labor for repairs: $250
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Ruma
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- Saif Bappy Hossain 🇧🇩 · $25
- Lorenzo B. Nava 🇪🇸 · $10
“Hope things get better. Thought of Ruma all day after reading this.”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $15
- Bruno Tiago Oliveira 🇧🇷 · $25
- Lina Zerrouki 🇫🇷 · $10
- Sumbal Hashmi 🇵🇰 · $76.50
- Inès Elise Dumas 🇫🇷 · $100
- Priscila Daniela Batista 🇧🇷 · $48
“God bless. Hope the June deadline works out. - Belo Horizonte”
- Junaid Farhan Javed 🇵🇰 · $15
- Ravi N. Thakur 🇮🇳 · $25
- Rony Hasan Chowdhury 🇮🇳 · $250
“Be well. Only $250 but hope it helps. - Thane”
- Andrés H. Ochoa 🇪🇸 · $15
- Karina L. Orozco 🇪🇸 · $75
- Kavita B. Bhatia 🇦🇺 · $10
“Take care of yourselves! - Townsville”
- Mwanaisha Mrema 🇰🇪 · $10
“Hope things get better. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Kasarani”
- Zoey D. Garrett 🇺🇸 · $20
“Get well soon. Thought of Ruma all day after reading this. - San Jose”
- Sophie Dumont 🇫🇷 · $10
- Anonymous 🇳🇿 · $10
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praying for you, Ruma. Looking forward to the next update. My neighbor in Madurai donated after I showed her your page. God bless.
Wishing you peace. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Don't give up. God bless.
how is Ruma doing now?
Wishing you peace, Ruma. Hope this works out for you. Don't give up. All the best.
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Ruma?
Sending good thoughts. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Take care.
Hope things get better soon. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor in Bordeaux donated after I showed her your page. Love from Bordeaux.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Ruma.
projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I have a 12 year old who wants to send good wishes too.
Best of luck. Looking forward to the next update. My husband and I read this together. Take care.
Hope things get better soon, Ruma. Hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted. Take care
Thinking of you and your family. Great idea, hope you get there. We're a small family in Hồ Chí Minh City but we're thinking of you. Thinking of Pune.
Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too!
Sending strength. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Please keep us posted.
Keep going, Ruma. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings
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 Pune
Sending love, Ruma. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Pune.
Best of luck, Ruma. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We're a small family in Tucson but we're thinking of you.
Sending good thoughts. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
Thanks for sharing this, Ruma. Great idea, hope you get there.