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Wildfire in Catania: help the Marketplace neighborhood rebuild
After the wildfire, families in the Marketplace neighborhood need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.
🇮🇹 Sicily, Italy888 views
The wildfire hit the Marketplace neighborhood on 18 September. My home was one of 65 damaged, and 3 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.
Funds go to building materials, water purification supplies, bedding, and food for families still in shelters.
Where the $5,000 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $1,600
• Clean water and purification supplies: $770
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $830
• Food parcels for displaced families: $720
• Tools and labor for repairs: $1,080
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
Updates from Viola
Quick update: $339 raised so far (7%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Small update. $414 so far, the first invoice got paid this week.
- Hande Melek Kaya 🇹🇷 · $25
- Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $20
- Arun G. Sundaram 🇮🇳 · $64.50
- Kato Simiyu Mwesigwa 🇰🇪 · $10
- Viraj Upul Pathirana 🇱🇰 · $314
“Hope it all works out. Only $314 but hope it helps. - Colombo”
- Faisal Tarar 🇵🇰 · $25
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Hope it all works out, Viola. More neighborhoods should do this. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Catania
Sending love, Viola. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Don't give up. Love from Warsaw
Rooting for you, Viola. More neighborhoods should do this.
Hang in there, Viola. Hope you get there. We're a small family in Kitakyushu but we're thinking of you.
Good luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Catania.
Best of luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor in Cardiff donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Cardiff
Thinking of you and your family, Viola. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Please keep us posted.
So sorry you're going through this, Viola. I hope things turn around soon!
hang in there, Viola. Shared this with my family. Thinking of Catania.
Wishing you peace, Viola. Shared it with a few friends. Take care
So sorry you're going through this, Viola. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I have a 9 year old who wants to send good wishes too. All the best
You're not alone, Viola. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. God bless.