let's keep cyclone IDAI survivors alive
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Dear friends and family,
This is Naira Abdula.
Tears fall from my eyes as I am writing this. Beira in Mozambique, the city where I am from and where most of my family lives were hit by a cyclone (hurricane) last Thursday. Since then, there is no electricity, drinking water, food, and phone service. I stayed for five days without knowing the true state of my family. Today, I was able to speak with my mother, and she told me that part of the roof of my house is gone. To add to all of that, it is still raining very heavily in the city.
My friend Estela could not locate some of her family members for six days since their house collapsed, and they were not in the government camps. My friend Yuma also could not get hold of her family, and her family’s house is also in devastating conditions.
The three of us are probably the least affected ones out of the 1 million people who were impacted by the catastrophe. Most of them completely lost their houses and are currently living in roof-less schools with no condition for survival. Part of the Hospital of Beira, one of the biggest in the country, collapsed and the surgery bloc is still not working properly. Besides that, there are no stores, pharmacies, banks or any other essential facility that is functional. It is as if Beira no longer exists.
We are here today to ask for your help. On Friday, I will fly to Maputo, and on Monday I will head to Beira. Yuma, Estela and I have been mobilizing friends in the US and in Mozambique to help our fellow countrymates. This is our plan:
I will fly to Mozambique and I will mobilize young people from our hometown to get together to help to organize families that are staying in local schools, spreading information about resources in the city (since there is no information source), and cleaning the city. In addition, these groups of volunteers will also help to receive and to distribute food and other supplies to families in need.
We have contacted the World Food Program and the Peace Corps, and we will be executing our activities under their supervision.
Yuma and Estela will stay back. However, they will be in touch with me so they can get updated information about the situation on the ground. Then, they will reach out to different organizations to seek for help and update you about how we have been using the donated funds.
For now, we JUST WANT THE FAMILIES TO SURVIVE.
Anything will be of huge help. We will be using this money to buy:
Water purifiers
Food
Basic medicines (especially to prevent cholera and malaria)
Mosquito nets
Solar lights
Equipment for the team cleaning the city
Here is our contact info:
Naira Abdula: [E-Mail ausgeblendet]
Yuma Hanane: [E-Mail ausgeblendet]
Estela Naula: [E-Mail ausgeblendet]
A simple donation can keep a family alive. I am leaving tomorrow and I am handing this cause to you.
Please, find more information about the cyclone below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPzYZEiijDc&feature=youtu.be
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2019/03/19/cyclone-idai-destruction-mozambique-sc-lon-orig.cnn/video/playlists/around-the-world/
https://www.accuweather.com/en/videos/htguhkmn
This is Naira Abdula.
Tears fall from my eyes as I am writing this. Beira in Mozambique, the city where I am from and where most of my family lives were hit by a cyclone (hurricane) last Thursday. Since then, there is no electricity, drinking water, food, and phone service. I stayed for five days without knowing the true state of my family. Today, I was able to speak with my mother, and she told me that part of the roof of my house is gone. To add to all of that, it is still raining very heavily in the city.
My friend Estela could not locate some of her family members for six days since their house collapsed, and they were not in the government camps. My friend Yuma also could not get hold of her family, and her family’s house is also in devastating conditions.
The three of us are probably the least affected ones out of the 1 million people who were impacted by the catastrophe. Most of them completely lost their houses and are currently living in roof-less schools with no condition for survival. Part of the Hospital of Beira, one of the biggest in the country, collapsed and the surgery bloc is still not working properly. Besides that, there are no stores, pharmacies, banks or any other essential facility that is functional. It is as if Beira no longer exists.
We are here today to ask for your help. On Friday, I will fly to Maputo, and on Monday I will head to Beira. Yuma, Estela and I have been mobilizing friends in the US and in Mozambique to help our fellow countrymates. This is our plan:
I will fly to Mozambique and I will mobilize young people from our hometown to get together to help to organize families that are staying in local schools, spreading information about resources in the city (since there is no information source), and cleaning the city. In addition, these groups of volunteers will also help to receive and to distribute food and other supplies to families in need.
We have contacted the World Food Program and the Peace Corps, and we will be executing our activities under their supervision.
Yuma and Estela will stay back. However, they will be in touch with me so they can get updated information about the situation on the ground. Then, they will reach out to different organizations to seek for help and update you about how we have been using the donated funds.
For now, we JUST WANT THE FAMILIES TO SURVIVE.
Anything will be of huge help. We will be using this money to buy:
Water purifiers
Food
Basic medicines (especially to prevent cholera and malaria)
Mosquito nets
Solar lights
Equipment for the team cleaning the city
Here is our contact info:
Naira Abdula: [E-Mail ausgeblendet]
Yuma Hanane: [E-Mail ausgeblendet]
Estela Naula: [E-Mail ausgeblendet]
A simple donation can keep a family alive. I am leaving tomorrow and I am handing this cause to you.
Please, find more information about the cyclone below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPzYZEiijDc&feature=youtu.be
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2019/03/19/cyclone-idai-destruction-mozambique-sc-lon-orig.cnn/video/playlists/around-the-world/
https://www.accuweather.com/en/videos/htguhkmn
Spendenteam (3)
Estela David
Organisator
Fulton, MO
Yuma Hanane
Spendenbegünstigte
Naira Abdula
Team member
