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We lost everything in the house fire that spread across the block: help the Greenfield settlement start over
After the house fire that spread across the block, families in the Greenfield settlement need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.
🇧🇷 Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil2,697 views
The house fire that spread across the block hit the Greenfield settlement on 26 August. My home was one of 59 damaged, and 6 families are still in temporary shelter at the community 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 $2,400 goes:
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $370
• Food parcels for displaced families: $230
• Tools and labor for repairs: $680
• Roofing sheets and timber: $1,120
Thank you so much.
- Sandra
Updates from Sandra
Small update. $1,078 so far, I made the first payment toward bedding, blankets and mattresses.
- Joyce Domingo 🇵🇭 · $25
- Leon Martin 🇩🇪 · $25
- Charlotte Anna Braun 🇩🇪 · $10
- Tameka E. Samuels 🇯🇲 · $50
“Hope this helps. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Montego Bay”
- Sota Riku Miyamoto 🇯🇵 · $5
“Thought of Sandra all day after reading this. - Yokohama”
- Kendall Bryant 🇺🇸 · $50
- Tara P. Duffy 🇮🇪 · $10
- Snehal R. Pandya 🇮🇳 · $50
- Ellie Kennedy 🇬🇧 · $20
- Muhammad Fahad Qazi 🇵🇰 · $200
“Wish I could do more. Only $200 but hope it helps. - Mardan”
- Anonymous 🇸🇦 · $5
- Amber F. Langley 🇺🇸 · $25
“Wishing you the best. My brother told me about this one. - San Antonio”
- Gayathri Balakrishnan 🇮🇳 · $30
“Stay strong. My brother told me about this one. - Saket”
- Jocelyn H. Curtis 🇺🇸 · $10
- Fanta Khady Kouyaté 🇳🇱 · $5
- Artem Kuzmin 🇷🇺 · $25
- Kirit P. Mehta 🇮🇳 · $100
- Yewande Abosede Balogun 🇳🇬 · $5
“Be well. Hope the December deadline works out. - Awka”
- Anyango Njeri Bakari 🇰🇪 · $5
- Elena S. Urbina 🇪🇸 · $25
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Take care. Hope this works out for you. Thinking of Caxias do Sul
You're not alone, Sandra. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double
Hope things get better soon, Sandra. More neighborhoods should do this
Best of luck, Sandra. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Wish I lived closer to Tacoma so I could bring a meal. All the best
Wishing you the best, Sandra. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend