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A rainwater harvesting system for the old Union bus depot: help our neighbors in Xalapa
Volunteers in Xalapa are raising $800 for a rainwater harvesting system at the old Union bus depot.
🇲🇽 Veracruz, Mexico552 views
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a rainwater harvesting system. This year a group of 27 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Union bus depot, but no funding.
We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $800.
It will serve about 127 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in August 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.
All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance.
Where the $800 goes:
• Permits and inspections: $125
• Materials: $630
• Safety equipment and signage: $45
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Pedro
Thank you all. We're at 29% now ($229). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts.
Thank you all. We're at 26% now ($204). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
We're at 23% thanks to 1 of you. I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
- Ayaan K. Jat 🇮🇳 · $50
- Solène Dominique Duval 🇫🇷 · $50
- Parth F. Sawant 🇮🇳 · $100
- Zainab Huda Rashid 🇪🇸 · $25
- Jennifer Bradley 🇬🇧 · $20
- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $184
“Blessings. Please keep us posted. - Rome”
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is permits and inspections the biggest cost or is there more coming?
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. permits and inspections comes first ($125) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. Thanks for asking.
Good luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Xalapa
any update on how things are going in Xalapa?
sending strength, Pedro. Hope you get there. Blessings.
Hang in there. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless.
Stay strong, Pedro. This could happen to any of us. God bless