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A rainwater harvesting system for Pioneer Primary School: help our neighbors in Ikeja
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a rainwater harvesting system - we need $100 for materials.
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For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a rainwater harvesting system. This year a group of 30 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Pioneer Primary School, but no funding.
We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $100.
It will serve about 318 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in October 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 $100 goes:
• Permits and inspections: $20
• Tools hire and delivery: $25
• Safety equipment and signage: $55
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
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Stay strong, Jide. Shared this with my family. Take care.
hope you get there. After 16 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything!
Thinking of you. Shared it with a few friends. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected
Stay strong, Jide. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
is there anything that isn't money that would help Jide?
Thanks for sharing this, Jide. Shared this with my family
so sorry you're going through this. I hope things turn around soon. I have a 8 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Love from Madina
projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Bandung.
stay strong, Jide. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We're a small family in Mérida but we're thinking of you.
Hope things get better soon, Jide. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Lagos
Hope things get better soon, Jide. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Put this on a community board in Winston-Salem this morning. Take care.
Wishing you the best, Jide. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We're a small family in Jakarta but we're thinking of you. Thinking of Ikeja.