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A free library and reading room: a volunteer-led effort in Tema

A community-led a free library and reading room at Sycamore Park that will serve 337 neighbors.

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Victoria Yeboah
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Tema
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 17 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Sycamore Park, but no funding. We have received donated volunteer hours worth about $85, and the remaining cost is $250. It will serve about 337 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in November 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 $250 goes: • Materials: $145 • Permits and inspections: $30 • Safety equipment and signage: $35 • Tools hire and delivery: $40 I hope life is good to you. - Victoria

Updates from Victoria

  1. Thank you all. We're at 39% now ($98). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for tools hire and delivery is now scheduled.

  2. 8% there. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Thank you.

  • Lertchai Chatchai Onsri 🇹🇭 · $25

    “Stay strong. Thought of Victoria all day after reading this.”

  • Brenda C. Walker 🇨🇦 · $78

    “Hope things get better. - Toronto”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $20

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  • Hope things get better soon. Shared this with my family. Thinking of Tema.

    • Het E. SavlaID verified

      sending strength, Victoria. Great idea, hope you get there. God bless.

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