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We lost everything in the hurricane: help the Sunrise settlement start over
Neighbors in the Sunrise settlement are rebuilding after the hurricane; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.
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The hurricane hit the Sunrise settlement on 10 August. My home was one of 61 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 $2,500 goes:
• Tools and labor for repairs: $480
• Food parcels for displaced families: $450
• Clean water and purification supplies: $270
• Roofing sheets and timber: $1,300
If you're reading this, thank you.
Updates from Andrés
Thank you all. We're at 48% now ($1,211). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for food parcels for displaced families is now scheduled.
- Jasmine B. Pineda 🇵🇭 · $25
- Giulia Bianca Testa 🇮🇹 · $75
- Ernestina Akosua Badu 🇬🇭 · $30
“Hope things get better. Thought of Andrés all day after reading this. - Accra”
- Noor Lubna Nasser 🇸🇦 · $75
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $100
- Lan Dan Hu 🇨🇦 · $100
- Bello Paul Falana 🇳🇬 · $25
- Angela L. Collins 🇬🇧 · $20
“Best of luck. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Liverpool”
- Jocelyn T. Galang 🇵🇭 · $25
- Jose E. Rivera 🇵🇭 · $50
“Keep your head up. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Santa Rosa”
- Rylee T. Hunt 🇬🇧 · $25
- Gayathri R. Chowdary 🇮🇳 · $30
- Dante W. Pascual 🇵🇭 · $10
- Zulkifli Irfan Kartika 🇮🇩 · $75
- Dennis P. Soriano 🇵🇭 · $10
- Gabriel Thierry Robin 🇫🇷 · $5
- Kwabena Addo 🇬🇭 · $20
- Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $50
- Mwanaisha Florence Kiprop 🇰🇪 · $5
- Tamanna Runa Bhuiyan 🇧🇩 · $20
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Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Liverpool.
it takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Ahmedabad
sending strength, Andrés. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier
Take care, Andrés. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Niterói
Hope things get better soon, Andrés. Your post was clear and honest. My neighbor in Fresno donated after I showed her your page.
Rooting for you, Andrés. It takes guts to ask. Well done
Praying for you, Andrés. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Ciudad de México
this could happen to any of us. Love from Newcastle upon Tyne.
Praying for you, Andrés. This could happen to any of us. All the best
Thanks for sharing this, Andrés. Gave what I could, wish it was more
Stay strong, Andrés. Hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too
Thinking of you and your family, Andrés. Shared it with a few friends. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out
Rooting for you, Andrés. Hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.