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We lost everything in the hurricane: help the Lakeview settlement start over

The hurricane damaged 43 homes in the Lakeview settlement. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.

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Joseph D. Williamson
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Corpus Christi
The hurricane hit the Lakeview settlement on 25 August. My home was one of 43 damaged, and 11 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. We buy supplies locally and in bulk, so the money goes further. Receipts and photos will be posted in updates. Where the $4,550 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $2,400 • Clean water and purification supplies: $410 • Tools and labor for repairs: $1,740 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen. - Joseph
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Joseph

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($2,604 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 39% funded and I made the first payment toward tools and labor for repairs.

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  • Eda Gamze Çelik 🇹🇷 · $1,000
  • Christian B. Pineda 🇵🇭 · $500
  • Osamu Ueda 🇯🇵 · $250

    “Blessings. I'm in Tokyo, thinking of you. - Tokyo”

  • Onur Emre Karakaya 🇹🇷 · $250

    “Praying for you. Thought of Joseph all day after reading this. - Üsküdar”

  • Werner Ben Martin 🇩🇪 · $250

    “Good luck. My father told me about this one. - Berlin”

  • Rodrigo Rivera 🇲🇽 · $200
  • Lena Katharina Sommer 🇩🇪 · $200
  • Lindiwe C. Nel 🇿🇦 · $200
  • Okechukwu Salami 🇳🇬 · $100
  • Omolara Hauwa Afolabi 🇳🇬 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Aarti P. Anand 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Winda Yuni Hakim 🇮🇩 · $100
  • Vishnu K. Sastry 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Asher Powers 🇺🇸 · $100

    “God bless. My colleague told me about this one. - Syracuse”

  • Irene D. Montes 🇺🇸 · $88

    “Sending love. Thought of Joseph all day after reading this. - Oakland”

  • Rony Rafiq Ghosh 🇧🇩 · $75

    “Blessings. Been where you are, it gets better. - Dhaka”

  • Paul Luis Thomas 🇩🇪 · $75
  • Dirk Hoekstra 🇳🇱 · $75

    “All the best. Shared with friends too. - Utrecht”

  • Chebet Zawadi Mrema 🇰🇪 · $68

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  • Frieda Silke Winter

    Sending love, Joseph. Great idea, hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Nijmegen this morning. God bless.

    • Claire Shelton

      Thinking of you and your family. Shared this with my family. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Riverside.

      • Amal Noor Bakr

        Stay strong. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Put this on a community board in Fort Worth this morning.

        • Vladimir Moroz

          Hang in there, Joseph. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.

          • Yaa Janet Fuseini

            Hang in there, Joseph. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Santa Rosa.

            • Franco Riccardo Mariani

              Rooting for you, Joseph. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Blessings.

              • İsmail Taner Uçar

                good luck, Joseph. Hope this works out for you. Thinking of Corpus Christi.

                • Maxime David

                  stay strong, Joseph. I hope things turn around soon. Love from Bogotá

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