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A free library and reading room for the Unity community hall: help our neighbors in Nakuru

Volunteers in Nakuru are raising $700 for a free library and reading room at the Unity community hall.

🇰🇪 Nakuru, Nakuru, Kenya779 views
Margaret Mercy Lyimo
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Nakuru
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 13 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Unity community hall, but no funding. We have received donated paint, and the remaining cost is $700. It will serve about 532 people, including school children and their families. 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 $700 goes: • Materials: $620 • Tools hire and delivery: $70 • Safety equipment and signage: $10 If you're reading this, thank you. - Margaret
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Margaret

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 24% funded and I made the first payment toward materials.

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  • Naveed Siddiqui 🇵🇰 · $25
  • Oisin McGrath 🇮🇪 · $20
  • Joyce Pineda 🇵🇭 · $75
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    “Thinking of you. Hope you get the rest soon. - Huntsville”

  • Ishrat Sumaiya Biswas 🇧🇩 · $10
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    “All the best. I'm in Richards Bay, thinking of you.”

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  • Ella W. Lucas 🇺🇸 · $30
  • Tithi Joya Mondal 🇧🇩 · $50

    “Keep your head up. Gave what I could this week. - Chattogram”

  • Anonymous 🇳🇵 · $20

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  • Madhavan T. Rao

    Wishing you peace, Margaret. Your post was clear and honest. I have a 11 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of Nakuru.

    • Rocío D. Medina

      Hope this works out for you. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out. Blessings

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