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A covered market stall space: a volunteer-led effort in Muzaffarpur
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a covered market stall space - we need $550 for materials.
🇮🇳 Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India1,625 views
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a covered market stall space. This year a group of 13 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Baobab community hall, but no funding.
We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $550.
It will serve about 502 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in June 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 $550 goes:
• Materials: $510
• Permits and inspections: $25
• Safety equipment and signage: $15
Glad we found this place.
Updates from Nithya
Small update. $542 so far, I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts.
Update from Muzaffarpur: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 27% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Danielle B. Russell 🇺🇸 · $247.50
“Wishing you the best. Thought of Nithya all day after reading this. - Syracuse”
- Maria Konstantina Stavrou 🇬🇷 · $100
- Anonymous 🇩🇪 · $55
“Get well soon. From Duisburg with love.”
- Daniel Alexander 🇦🇺 · $50
- Rohan H. Doshi 🇮🇳 · $30
- Elena B. Pérez 🇪🇸 · $30
“Only $30 but hope it helps. - Vigo”
- Rubén K. Tapia 🇲🇽 · $25
- Romeo A. Soriano 🇵🇭 · $25
- Gabriel Díaz 🇲🇽 · $24
- Imam Budi Winata 🇮🇩 · $20
- Candra Haris Wijaya 🇮🇩 · $15
- Camila Juliana Pinto 🇧🇷 · $10
- Per Bergqvist 🇸🇪 · $10
- Elena B. Schwartz 🇳🇿 · $10
- Michael Dieter Hartmann 🇩🇪 · $10
- Uwe Zimmermann 🇩🇪 · $10
- Ángel B. López 🇪🇸 · $10
“Rooting for you. Thought of Nithya all day after reading this. - Tarragona”
- Julia Zuzanna Mazurek 🇵🇱 · $10
- Sanjay H. Rajput 🇮🇳 · $10
- Ahmad Hadi Sutanto 🇮🇩 · $10
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Take care, Nithya. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Wishing you peace, Nithya. Shared this with my family. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Accra.
sending love, Nithya. Looking forward to the next update. I hope June is when things finally get easier. Love from Gliwice
Hope things get better soon, Nithya. Looking forward to the next update. I have a 15 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Blessings.
how is Nithya doing now?
Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Townsville.
Good luck. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Wish I lived closer to Belfast so I could bring a meal. Take care.
is there anything that isn't money that would help Nithya?
Thank you. If you're in Muzaffarpur I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. It helps to be asked.
Thinking of you, Nithya. More neighborhoods should do this.
thanks for sharing this, Nithya. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.
Sending strength, Nithya. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Put this on a community board in Los Angeles this morning.
So sorry you're going through this. This could happen to any of us. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings.
take care. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Greetings from Çankaya.
best of luck, Nithya. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't give up.