so early this morning (8/14) heavy rainfall led to a horrible landslide in Sierra Leone
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/14/deaths-sierra-leone-mudslide-regent
There have so far been 312 confirmed deaths but people are still digging through the rubble. Thousands of people are now homeless. It’s horrific, and to make things worse of all is that this was preventable. The horrible disaster was a result of carless construction on hills and terrain that was unsuitable just for the profit of the minister (a minsiter is the person who owns the land and gets paid to have people build on it) even though he was aware the land was unsuitable, he let construction happen away. This lead to hundreds of buildings being built on an unstable hillside and eventually crumbling. Keep Sierra Leone in your prayers.
please reblog, it’d be nice if more people were aware of what happened for when donations start becoming available (hopefully)
Are there any donations set up for the people, stores, etc? Or any organizations that are directly helping?
http://www.thesierraleonetelegraph.com/?p=16869
The Sierra Leone Telegraph set up a place for donations if you want to help! They have less than 1% of their goal raised right now, and these donations will be used to help the victims of this horrible flood
Here is a direct link to the crowdfunding website:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/FreetownFloodDisasterEmergencyAppeal
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