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Yard rescue for Fatima, 88: fallen trees and overgrown beds
Garden rescue day in Gqeberha: bring gloves and a rake.
🇿🇦 Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa1,025 views
I'm 88 and I have lived in this house in Gqeberha for 21 years. After the storm in August, two large branches and a fallen fence have blocked the back door and the garden path. I can no longer manage them myself because of poor eyesight.
The council has told me it will be ten weeks before they can send someone. I'd feel much safer if it were cleared sooner.
Help needed: a small team to cut, stack and carry away branches. I'll provide tea, sandwiches and the green waste bags. A few hours will do.
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- effort
- 3–5 hours
- format
- In person in Gqeberha
- skills
- chainsaw, gardening, hauling
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People who offered to help
- Robbert Smits 🇳🇱
i live about 17 km from Gqeberha. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need. Free this month.
- Omar Mohammed Siddiqui 🇪🇸 ID verified
i live about 9 km from Gqeberha. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need.
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4.5(2 reviews)Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.
- Very responsive and caring
The help I received was exactly what was described and more. This person follows through on their commitments and genuinely cares about making a positive impact.
- Would recommend to anyone
This is what community support looks like. They didn't just offer generic advice; they provided personalized help tailored to my specific situation.
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Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care.
rooting for you, Fatima. Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.
thinking of you, Fatima. Hope the doctors have good news. Thinking of Gqeberha.
Sending strength, Fatima. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. I hope December is when things finally get easier.
sending strength, Fatima. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Wish I lived closer to İzmir so I could bring a meal.
Hope things get better soon. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. God bless
Keep going, Fatima. Your post was clear and honest
Thinking of you and your family, Fatima. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. Please keep us posted.
Thanks for sharing this. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Greetings from Varanasi.