Thursday, 7 December 2017
Earthquake Appeal +
Dear
Friends,
I am
writing to thank you for your donations to the “Earthquake Appeal” by Life in
Abundance (Ecuador) Trust (LIAT) on behalf of the victims of the 2016
earthquake in Ecuador. The earthquake caused great devastation and many
hundreds of people lost their lives. There is now some returning to normality,
but it will take years to rebuild the housing stock and much longer to rebuild
lives devastated by the loss of dear ones.
Your
donations were a great help in alleviating the suffering
Altogether
$5550 was received from LIAT in Ecuador.
It was
spent on
1. Basic food supplies. We bought rice,
pasta, dried milk, pulses, sugar, oil, tins of fish and other essentials and
packed them into bags. These were designed to last a family for a week. They
were distributed to refugees living around the earthquake zone. The area
covered was around Pedernales, a coastal town which took the brunt of the
quake. We spent around $1000 on these provisions.
2. Building reconstruction.
· We gave $900 to a church in
Pedernales to help with their rebuilding work
· We helped an elderly lady in
Pedernales with her house rebuilding project. Her daughter, Anita, has looked after young
volunteers staying on short term mission with Latin Link (STEP teams) I visited
the family earlier this year with a team from the charity; needless to say,
they were very happy with the help they had received and with their new home.
We gave $2650 for this project.
· We also helped Martha Monar in Quininde
(another town affected by the earthquake) with repairs to her house. This lady
hosted a STEP team in 2012. We gave her $1000.
· This makes a total of $4550.00 donated
to building projects.
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| Earthquake Damage in Pedernales |
Thank you once again for your
help with this appeal. Your donations have made a real difference.
May I wish you all a very Joyful
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Jill Ball
7.12.17
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