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A community garden for the Lotus community hall: help our neighbors in Accra
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a community garden - we need $550 for materials.
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For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a community garden. This year a group of 28 volunteers, including the neighborhood football club, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Lotus community hall, but no funding.
We have received donated volunteer hours worth about $130, and the remaining cost is $550.
It will serve about 322 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. We'll hold a build day in December 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:
• Safety equipment and signage: $40
• Tools hire and delivery: $30
• Materials: $480
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is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Kwesi.
Sure. The biggest one is safety equipment and signage, $40. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Happy to explain more.
Hang in there, Kwesi. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
Hang in there. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from São Paulo.
Hang in there, Kwesi. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.
Thinking of you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Dar es Salaam but we're thinking of you. All the best.
How is Kwesi doing now?
shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in Tallahassee this morning. Greetings from Tallahassee
Hope things get better soon, Kwesi. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Kwesi?
hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home
great idea, hope you get there. Love from Lagos.
Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of Accra
sending good thoughts. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. God bless
Stay strong. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Put this on a community board in Naivasha this morning. Greetings from Naivasha.
Sending good thoughts, Kwesi. I hope things turn around soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Take care.