This page is to help this beautiful family rebuild their life, dreams and future ❤️
Waikato
6 years of blood sweat and tears, all gone within minutes... Rich, Shan, Caylee, Ellie & Taura, the most inspiring, beautiful family you could meet have lost "everything", and I mean everything, except for the clothes they slept in and a cast iron dish they cook their food in over a outdoor fire.
The homestead, they built from scratch from recycled materials and many many hours of back breaking labor burnt to the ground in the early hours of the morning. Unfortunately they didn't have any insurance.
They were all sleeping in the lounge room, kids close to where the fire broke out, luckily Rich woke up and went into warrior mode and got Shan up and huddled the kids into the car while they tried to get the water pumps working to put the fire out, but as they stood and waited for the water to come out, it didn't, we had a severe frost that morning on the mountain and it froze the water pipes.
There was nothing they could do, they watched their dreams perish in front of their eyes. Family photos, hard drives of years worth of home videos and memories, wedding rings, wedding dress, TV, computer, passports, wallets, car keys melted to a puddle. All of their cloths, blankets, toys, cupboards full of food Shan had stocked to get them through the winter, all of Rich hunting gear, you name it, they lost it, except for their lives and the will and determination to rebuild and start over again.
If you are lucky enough to know this whanau, you know how strong they are, you know that this will make them stronger and you will probably want to do something to help, hence the reason I have created this page.
If you feel called to give a little, you can, if you feel like you could give in other ways, let me know, or if you can just give well wishes and send good vibes their way, then that is perfect also.
This family is humbled and blown away by the communities support already, its going to be a long road but when people come together, magic happens.
These donations will help them to start again and rebuild their family home on the land they cherish so deeply. If you wish to keep up to date with their journey, feel free to follow them on Instagram @_lifewiththebarretts where you will also find some treasures of their life before this event.
Thankyou so much
I am very close friends with Shan & Rich who lives mountain life with them .
This money will go towards everything.
They lost it all, so everything needs to be replaced.
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