MelBerry

For those who don’t know:

The death toll from a devastating landslide and flooding that hit Sierra Leone earlier this week has risen to nearly 500, according to hospital officials.

More than 600 people remained missing on Sunday, with rescue officials warning that the chances of finding survivors are decreasing each day. The death toll earlier stood at 450.

One of Africa’s worst flooding-related disasters in years occurred when the side of Mount Sugar Loaf collapsed on Monday after heavy rain, burying parts of Regent town on the outskirts of the capital, Freetown.

Churches across the country held special services on Sunday in memory of those killed.

Authorities this week buried 461 bodies in quickly-dug graves in the nearby Waterloo cemetery.

Six days after the mudslide, at least 10,000 people have already been forced from their homes.

The government has called for the evacuation of another 10,000 people living on an unstable hillside in Freetown, where a large crack has opened.

I’m sure this list will be far from complete but here are some ways that you can help the victims of this disaster:

HELP SIERRA LEONE MUDSLIDE SURVIVORS

Help victims of mudslides and floods in Sierra Leone

Concern Worldwide is helping with the relief efforts, you can read about it and find a link to their donation page here.

Heart Shaped Hands is raising money which you can find here, and Kei Kamara, a Sierra Leone footballer and president of the organization, will match all the donations you make.

The Red Cross has been aiding Sierra Leone this past week, you can read about what they’ve done here and there is a donation link at the bottom of the page and here is the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society.

Sierra Leone Mudslide Relief Fund

Freetown Flood Disaster Emergency Appeal

Save the Children is accepting donations

GoFundMe: SL Flooding & Mudslides:Relief Fund

GoFundMe: Flooding In Sierra Leone 2017

GoFundMe: Freetown Emergency Flood Relief

Let’s stand against white supremacy & the dehumanisation of racialized+colonized peoples. A compilation of nonprofits mentioned in this tweet thread (also available on twitter):

@NAACP in Charlottesville http://www.albemarle-cvillenaacp.org (takes PayPal)

Charlottesville Pride @cvillepride http://cvillepride.org/sponsor/support/ (takes PayPal)

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (serves Charlottesville) https://secure.ppaction.org/site/Donation2?df_id=24415&24415.donation=form1&s_designeeid=1116

Charlottesville’s chapter of the National Organization for Women @CVille_NOW  http://www.cvillenow.org/involve.html (takes PayPal)

Meals on Wheels of Charlottesville @cvillemeals. http://bit.ly/2wCGBuJ  (takes Discover, MasterCard, Visa and American Express)

African American Teaching Fellows, which works to diversify a system with only 10% African American teachers. @aatfnews http://www.aateachingfellows.org 

Brody Jewish Center at University of Virginia https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/jML0Uah5iSxU5YZKzwBFkg

Women’s Initiative @twicville, which provides mental healthcare for women in Charlottesville regardless of ability to pay http://thewomensinitiative.org 

Arc of the Piedmont, which serves people with disabilities http://arcpva.org/donate/ 

Big Brothers Big Sisters in Charlottesville http://www.blueridgebigs.org/ 

@PiedmontHousing help diverse clients access affordable housing in Charlottesville and beyond http://piedmonthousingalliance.org/donations/

“Savannah Centaur”, illustrated by Nicolas Rivet.

Nubiamancy currently has a crowdfunding campaign with the goal of creating short films based on content posted on our page.

“Her fantasy novel Children of Blood and Bone, the first of a trilogy about a young girl’s battle with a prince over bringing magic back to West Africa,  is going to be released some time next year. But it’s already got a seven-figure publishing deal with Macmillan, and a massive deal with Fox Studios too, with the latter acquiring the movie rights pretty early on in the day for a book that hasn’t even been published yet.”

white ppl:

In honor of 19-year-old Simone Biles being named Woman Of The Year by ESPN. 

She won a record four gold medals at the Olympics. She’s untouchable!

#BlackWomenAtWork uncovers everyday struggles black women face at work

Black women are fed up with the way they are treated in the workplace so they are sharing their experiences on Twitter. Activist Brittany Packnett kicked off the hashtag #BlackWomenAtWork in response to the disrespectful ways in which two prominent black women were treated by public figures throughout the day. 

As a way to help address these issues, Packnett encouraged black women online to share some of their real-life experiences at work.