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Sponsor a Concrete Block for Tonga Cyclone House Rebuild

$1,544 of $2,100 goal
Given by 23 generous donors in 5 weeks

Help us build a home for a Tongan family by sponsoring a concrete block for just $2. 1000 concrete blocks are up for sponsorship!

Bay of Plenty

A team of New Zealanders are heading to the island of Eua in Tonga with Volunteer Build during July 2019 to build a home for a family that had their house destroyed during Cyclone Gita in February 2018. The family is currently living in a shack made of wood with a tarp roof. The team will work alongside the family and other local Tongan volunteers to build a 48 sqm concrete block home with a tin roof in just 5 days. In order to raise the last of the funds needed to purchase the materials for the build, we are looking for people to sponsor a concrete block. We use 1,000 concrete blocks in the house and the cost of the block, mortar and block fill needed for each block is approximately $2 per block. Donors can sponsor 1 block, 10 blocks, 100 blocks - or however many blocks you want to help us met our fundraising goal. Thanks for helping our team to help a Tongan family into a safe secure cyclone proof home.

About us

The Trust was set up to provide relief of poverty, hunger and sickness by providing food, clothing & shelter to the poor. It also provides education and training to the public and schools about issues of world poverty and how to alleviate those issues.

Use of funds

Funds raised will be spent 100% on building materials for the house that the team are building. $9,000 has already been raised but we need another $2000. Any surplus will be used to help fund other Tonga Cyclone Gita rebuilds.

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Block laying your blocks!  23 July 2019

Make mortar, lay mortar on wall, place block, level, repeat 1000 times!

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Latest donations

Andrew Mackay
Andrew Mackay on 12 Jul 2019
$10
Break Free Charitable Trust

Thanks so much for sponsoring these blocks!

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Brown family
Brown family on 09 Jul 2019
$100
Break Free Charitable Trust

Thanks so much Brown Family for sponsoring these 50 blocks!

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Christine, Annette and Suzy
Christine, Annette and Suzy on 05 Jul 2019
$100
Break Free Charitable Trust

Thanks so much! Was fabulous having you on the team Christine!

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Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 04 Jul 2019
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Thanks so much for helping us with sponsoring the blocks!

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Gillian Ward
Gillian Ward on 02 Jul 2019
A wonderful project, Mountforts! Look after your backs and best wishes for your work.
$50

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This campaign started on 24 Jun 2019 and ended on 31 Jul 2019.