A free library and reading room: a volunteer-led effort in Berlin
Volunteers in Berlin are raising $3,450 for a free library and reading room at the Liberty vacant lot.
Updates from Frieda
Thank you all. We're at 32% now ($1,115). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts.
- Umesh Ramesh Tamang 🇳🇵 · $500
- Ruby N. Stevens 🇺🇸 · $250
“Hope things get better. From Minneapolis with love. - Minneapolis”
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $100
“From my family to yours. My cousin told me about this one. - Surakarta”
- Landon R. Fitzgerald 🇬🇧 · $100
- Cristiane Regina Guimarães 🇧🇷 · $75
“Hope this helps. Hope the September deadline works out. - Santos”
- Karim Rashid Ghanem 🇪🇬 · $75
- Gloria R. Stanton 🇬🇧 · $75
- Souad Aisha Soliman 🇪🇸 · $72.50
- Tetiana Elena Osipov 🇷🇺 · $61
“Every little bit. Only $61 but hope it helps. - Yekaterinburg”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50
“Blessings. Thought of Frieda all day after reading this. - Ahmedabad”
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $50
“Take care of yourselves. My mother told me about this one. - Kano”
- Hadas Levi 🇮🇱 · $50
- Ayumi Kaneko 🇯🇵 · $50
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
- Valentina Júlia Paiva 🇧🇷 · $50
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $45
- Bhavna H. Dave 🇮🇳 · $30
- Harini F. Natarajan 🇮🇳 · $30
- Bappy Omar Ghosh 🇧🇩 · $30
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $30
“Thought of Frieda all day after reading this. - Istanbul”
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Sending good thoughts, Frieda. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
Shared this with my family. We're a small family in Lagos but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Lagos.
praying for you, Frieda. Gave what I could, wish it was more.
Wishing you the best. Great idea, hope you get there. I'm in public service myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Greetings from Santos.
Good luck, Frieda. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. All the best.