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A covered market stall space: a volunteer-led effort in Pokhara
A community-led a covered market stall space at the Maple vacant lot that will serve 150 neighbors.
🇳🇵 Pokhara, Gandaki, Nepal1,801 views
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a covered market stall space. This year a group of 13 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Maple vacant lot, but no funding.
We have received donated paint, and the remaining cost is $150.
It will serve about 150 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in October 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 $150 goes:
• Permits and inspections: $30
• Safety equipment and signage: $55
• Tools hire and delivery: $65
Thank you for reading my story.
- Gita
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any update on how things are going in Pokhara?
Rooting for you, Gita. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Blessings.
Hope things get better soon, Gita. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Take care
A colleague of mine might know someone for this in Gandaki. I'll ask around and let you know
More neighborhoods should do this. Put this on a community board in Chattanooga this morning. Love from Chattanooga.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Pokhara.
Thank you. If you're in Pokhara I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. I'll keep the page updated.
good luck. I hope things turn around soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Take care.
Hope it all works out. More neighborhoods should do this. Blessings.
Your post was clear and honest. My neighbor in Bellevue donated after I showed her your page
Sending love, Gita. Your post was clear and honest. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Pokhara.
Thinking of you and your family. Shared it with a few friends. All the best.
Take care. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Wollongong.