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A community garden for Jacaranda Park: help our neighbors in Dwarka

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a community garden - we need $550 for materials.

🇮🇳 Delhi, India646 views
Shilpa N. Seth
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Dwarka
For three years the neighborhood has asked for a community garden. This year a group of 8 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Jacaranda Park, but no funding. We have received donated paint, and the remaining cost is $550. It will serve about 292 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in July 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. Funds are spent only on materials, permits and safety equipment; all labor is volunteered. Where the $550 goes: • Materials: $430 • Permits and inspections: $35 • Safety equipment and signage: $35 • Tools hire and delivery: $50 Thank you so much.

Updates from Shilpa

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($93 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Shilpa

  2. Thank you all. We're at 17% now ($93). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for tools hire and delivery is now scheduled.

  3. Small update. $18 so far, I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts.

  • Hazel K. Aquino 🇵🇭 · $75
  • Brian N. Whelan 🇮🇪 · $50
  • Chatchai Chantarasri 🇹🇭 · $10
  • Vaibhav B. Kelkar 🇮🇳 · $8

    “Rooting for you. Thought of Shilpa all day after reading this. - Nashik”

  • Rolando H. Aquino 🇵🇭 · $5

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  • reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Kadıköy.

    • More neighborhoods should do this. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Take care

      • Sending love, Shilpa. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I have a 8 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Take care.

        • so sorry you're going through this, Shilpa. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.

          • Rooting for you, Shilpa. More neighborhoods should do this. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out.

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