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A covered market stall space for the old Unity bus depot: help our neighbors in Lucknow
A community-led a covered market stall space at the old Unity bus depot that will serve 481 neighbors.
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For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a covered market stall space. This year a group of 26 volunteers, including the parish youth group, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Unity bus depot, but no funding.
We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $500.
It will serve about 481 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in September 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 $500 goes:
• Materials: $330
• Permits and inspections: $35
• Safety equipment and signage: $55
• Tools hire and delivery: $80
Thanks for reading all this.
- Jagadish
Updates from Jagadish
Good news. Because of your gifts ($314 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Quick update: $120 raised so far (24%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 20% funded and I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. - Jagadish
- Jimena W. Muñoz 🇺🇸 · $50
“Thinking of you. Thought of Jagadish all day after reading this.”
- Ahmed T. Du Plessis 🇿🇦 · $194
- Tumusiime Kioko Mwesigwa 🇹🇿 · $20
“Gave what I could this week. - Mwanza”
- Kylie F. Ray 🇺🇸 · $100
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Hang in there, Jagadish. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Lucknow.
Take care. Hope this works out for you. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Thủ Đức.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Lucknow
Thank you. If you're in Lucknow I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Ask me anything else.
stay strong. Your post was clear and honest
Any update on how things are going in Lucknow?
Wishing you peace. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My neighbor in Colombo donated after I showed her your page. Love from Colombo.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Jagadish.
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. materials comes first ($330) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. Good question.
Sending love, Jagadish. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.
Gave what I could, wish it was more. Put this on a community board in Ibadan this morning. All the best!
Thanks for sharing this, Jagadish. Shared this with my family. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like!
thinking of you, Jagadish. Looking forward to the next update. Blessings.
Sending strength, Jagadish. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry
sending strength, Jagadish. Shared it with a few friends. God bless.