Uninsured: Can you please help Maddie replace essential items lost in Friday's flood?

Hello everyone, Maddie here!

As the Givealittle page closes tomorrow, I thought I’d take this opportunity to give you all an update, and thank you once again.

Over the last two weeks, our flat has flooded not once, not twice, but three times. Twice during the initial floods, and once already due to this cyclone. However, I think the worse part of all, is that the property manager company still deem the property as ‘habitable’ and therefore are not letting us out of our lease / are still making us pay rent. Absurd, right?

We are in the process of fighting this, and hope it swings in our favor.

In the meantime, I have been simply blown away by the generosity people have shown on this page. I’m struggling to put into words how much it means to me and how truly grateful I am. The money raised is going towards replacing much of the items I lost and wasn’t able to salvage. Which unfortunately, was a lot. I have already been able to purchase myself a new laptop, and once we get out of our current lease, will begin repurchasing all of the furniture that was destroyed.

In addition to money, the offers of food vouchers, clothes, a place to stay, etc, have been so helpful and so so appreciated. I am so overwhelmed by the kindness shown by everyone in my life.

So thank you again, to everyone who has donated or who has offered to help in many other wonderful ways. These past few weeks have been some of the most heartbreaking and stressful of my life. However, I am full of love and gratitude because of your collective kindness. I feel very lucky, after feeling very unlucky.

I hope I get to repay the favor one day (just not under the same circumstances)!

Love always,

Maddie xx