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A playground: a volunteer-led effort in Hanoi

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a playground - we need $350 for materials.

๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Hanoi, Vietnam968 views
Lรขm Huynh
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Hanoi
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a playground. This year a group of 16 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Baobab bus depot, but no funding. We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $350. It will serve about 451 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. We'll hold a build day in January 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 $350 goes: โ€ข Materials: $220 โ€ข Permits and inspections: $20 โ€ข Safety equipment and signage: $70 โ€ข Tools hire and delivery: $40 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it. - Lรขm

Updates from Lรขm

  1. We're at 16% thanks to 3 of you. we've started the first stage. More news soon.

  2. Quick update: $35 raised so far (10%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  • Wawan Bagus Kartika ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ยท $50

    โ€œHope this helps. - Kediriโ€

  • Nancy Patience Sackey ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ ยท $54
  • Itzel S. Franco ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด ยท $20
  • Anonymous ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ยท $20

    โ€œI'm in Tel Aviv, thinking of you. - Tel Avivโ€

  • Galih Imam Tan ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ยท $15

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  • Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Lรขm

    • You're not alone. Gave what I could, wish it was more.

      • Best of luck. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Take care.

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