The community I live in has been badly affected by the recent fires

in central Portugal.  Many of us here have lost homes, outbuildings,

vehicles, our means to make a living, as well as land, crops and

trees.  The majority of people want to stay and rebuild their lives

and homes here – but we need help to get us started on that journey.

We have set up a crowdfunding page at https://chuffed.org/project/portugalfires.

Please take the time to read our story and see the photos of the

devastation here.

Any donation you can give would be so much appreciated and would help

families here to get their lives back on track.

Personal emails to friends and family have the best impact so if you could send as many personal emails out to people you think might be moved by this appeal asking them to give a donation that would make a huge difference.

You can then send a more blanket emails to other people and help us to spread the word about our fundraising campaign by posting it on Facebook and other social media networks you might be part of.

Thanks for your help with this.

Pierce.