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

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a repair café workshop - we need $1,850 for materials.

🇩🇪 Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany1,773 views
Karl Winkler
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Dortmund
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 17 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Cedar Primary School, but no funding. We have received donated volunteer hours worth about $460, and the remaining cost is $1,850. It will serve about 359 people, including local farmers and market traders. We'll hold a build day in December 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 $1,850 goes: • Permits and inspections: $250 • Materials: $1,350 • Tools hire and delivery: $250 Glad we found this place. - Karl
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Updates from Karl

  1. Quick update: $1,246 raised so far (67%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Small update. $793 so far, we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

  3. 10% there. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Thank you.

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  • Larisa Andreea AvramQuestion

    Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Dortmund.

    • Karl WinklerOwnerAnswerID verified

      Sharing the link is the biggest thing. And if you know anything about permits and inspections, advice is welcome too. Ask me anything else.

  • Waseem Ahmed Awan

    Sending good thoughts. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Greetings from Dayton.

    • Marites F. Legaspi

      Hang in there. Shared it with a few friends. Blessings.

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