Tornado Relief

Help us rebuild our home

We need your help.

On June 3rd, 2024, just after 5 PM, we were unexpectedly hit by a severe tornado. See, e.g., https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/othongathi-tornado-rated-ef3-are-tornadoes-common-in-sa-f3f7912a-ddb4-4919-a803-1fc391575df1

Within minutes, heavy damages were inflicted on our home. Several glass doors and windows were destroyed. The whole upstairs was badly damaged. (See video below, filmed the morning after).

This is what the upstairs looked like, the morning after the tornado struck.
Many doors and windows were shattered, and the equipment in the rooms was destroyed.

The wind was so strong that balustrades were ripped out and shattered. Even the paint and waterproofing outside were ripped off.

Not covered by insurance

The insurance we have covers water damage, not wind / tornado damage.

The quotes for the repairs are in, and amount to the equivalent of approximately $13 500. (The quotes are in ZAR). We need to

Replace the broken doors and windows (approximately $ 3000).
Replace the ripped-out balustrades (approximately $ 1000).
Waterproof the entire house again, i.e., the roof and the outside walls (approximately $ 8000).
Paint the house again (approximately $1500, once the outside walls are waterproofed).

Most doors and windows were shattered. These photos show but a few.
(Click on any image to get the full photo).

These costs do not even include the damage done inside the house, where, e.g., a laptop, two computer monitors, a classical concert guitar, etc. were destroyed as well.
The priority is fixing the broken doors and windows, then waterproofing the roof, next the outside walls, replacing the balustrades, and finally painting the house again.
$13 500 is more than we can afford at this moment.
So, we need your help.

Raised thus far (29 June - 6 September 2024): $6 576 of $13 500.

How you can help

Donate

A first way to help is to make a donation.
The Exopolitics Institute has set up a Paypal link to do so.
All the funds collected through these donations will be used to essential repairs to the house itself.

Replace an item

Inside, several items were destroyed or heavily damaged as well.
If you would like to help replacing these, you can do so in two ways.
You can either buy an item from a wish list, or donate a gift voucher. Both can be done through the Takealot website.