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A community garden: a volunteer-led effort in Colombo

Volunteers in Colombo are raising $450 for a community garden at the Liberty health centre yard.

🇱🇰 Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka2,373 views
Nilmini Ruwini Wijesinghe
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Colombo
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a community garden. This year a group of 24 volunteers, including the parish youth group, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Liberty health centre yard, but no funding. We have received donated a pump, and the remaining cost is $450. It will serve about 402 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in April and everyone is invited. We're a small team, and every dollar will be spent in the open - I'll post receipts and progress photos. All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance. Where the $450 goes: • Materials: $280 • Permits and inspections: $55 • Safety equipment and signage: $25 • Tools hire and delivery: $90 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
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Updates from Nilmini

  1. Quick update: $252 raised so far (56%). I made the first payment toward safety equipment and signage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($187 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Small update. $177 so far, I made the first payment toward safety equipment and signage.

Donations

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  • Amit A. Thakur 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Akinyi Nakato Opio 🇹🇿 · $11
  • Rose N. Pascual 🇵🇭 · $5
  • Irene Ávila 🇪🇸 · $15
  • Duha Fahmy 🇳🇱 · $10
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Brielle W. Ross 🇨🇦 · $10
  • Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $10

    “Get well soon. From Salerno with love.”

  • Ruth Neema Okello 🇹🇿 · $30
  • Isabella R. Morales 🇳🇿 · $71.50
  • Ricardo Samuels 🇯🇲 · $75

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  • Yu Zhi ChengQuestion

    Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Nilmini.

    • Nilmini Ruwini WijesingheOwnerAnswerID verified

      Materials is $280 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Happy to explain more.

  • Bhavani N. Balakrishnan

    Wishing you the best, Nilmini. Shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in Takoradi this morning. Blessings.

    • Min Wu

      Thanks for sharing this. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My husband and I read this together. All the best

      • Varsha E. MenonQuestion

        is there anything that isn't money that would help Nilmini?

        • Nilmini Ruwini WijesingheOwnerAnswerID verified

          Thank you. If you're in Colombo I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. I'll keep the page updated.

      • Cengiz Onur Şimşek

        Hope it all works out. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Colombo.

        • Evelyn H. Gilbert

          Sending love, Nilmini. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Gliwice.

          • Jocelyn N. Hart

            Praying for you, Nilmini. This could happen to any of us. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Dar es Salaam.

            • Alexa B. YoungPhoto verified

              Shared this with my family. Please keep us posted. Greetings from New York.

              $272.50 raised of $450

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