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A repair café workshop: a volunteer-led effort in Bari

A community-led a repair café workshop at the old Unity bus depot that will serve 97 neighbors.

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Monica Angela Cattaneo
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Bari
For five years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 22 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Unity bus depot, but no funding. We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $1,900. It will serve about 97 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in June 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 $1,900 goes: • Materials: $1,050 • Permits and inspections: $250 • Safety equipment and signage: $370 • Tools hire and delivery: $230 I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
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Updates from Monica

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($271 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Quick update: $205 raised so far (11%). the plan for safety equipment and signage is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Sebastián S. Villalobos 🇪🇸 · $20
  • Hina Hirano 🇯🇵 · $100

    “Sending love. Hope the June deadline works out. - Setagaya”

  • Anonymous 🇰🇷 · $5
  • Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $20

    “Wishing you the best. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Puebla”

  • Idowu Ifeoma Shittu 🇳🇬 · $75
  • Getachew Kidus Desta 🇪🇹 · $20

    “Be well. My cousin told me about this one. - Bahir Dar”

  • Óscar H. Santos 🇺🇸 · $30
  • María K. Peña 🇪🇸 · $30
  • Fábio Lima 🇧🇷 · $25

    “Wishing you the best. My colleague told me about this one. - Rio de Janeiro”

  • Tracey K. Smith 🇿🇦 · $15
  • Valérie Romane Duval 🇫🇷 · $25
  • Sadie Jenkins 🇺🇸 · $10

    “Hope things get better. Thought of Monica all day after reading this. - Oakland”

  • Aisha Nadia Aziz 🇳🇱 · $10

    “Hope things get better. Shared with friends too. - Utrecht”

  • Clément Anthony Fournier 🇫🇷 · $50
  • Sundar T. Gowda 🇮🇳 · $25

    “Happy to help. Saw your post and had to give. - Indore”

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  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $10
  • Kanokwan Siriporn Yodrak 🇹🇭 · $6
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  • Chantel C. Khumalo

    Sending good thoughts, Monica. Hope this works out for you. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Take care

    • Paisley Martinez

      you're not alone, Monica. Great idea, hope you get there. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Iztapalapa.

      • Teresa Herrera

        Good luck. Gave what I could, wish it was more. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Bari.

        • Aurora L. Parker

          Thinking of you and your family, Monica. Hope this works out for you. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. All the best.

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