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A repair café workshop: a volunteer-led effort in Saint-Denis

A community-led a repair café workshop at the Jacaranda health centre yard that will serve 503 neighbors.

🇫🇷 Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France1,823 views
Baptiste Joly
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Saint-Denis
For five years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 20 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Jacaranda health centre yard, but no funding. We have received donated a pump, and the remaining cost is $2,300. It will serve about 503 people, including children, seniors and people with disabilities. 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. All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance. Where the $2,300 goes: • Permits and inspections: $210 • Tools hire and delivery: $270 • Materials: $1,820 Thanks for being kind about this. - Baptiste
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  • Márcio Murilo Leite

    so sorry you're going through this. Hope you get there. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Love from Paris

    • Joseph R. Shelton

      good luck, Baptiste. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.

      • Faith Ruiz

        Sending strength, Baptiste. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care

        • Joshua N. Tolentino

          hope you get there. I hope June is when things finally get easier. God bless

          • Joshua W. Daniels

            Your post was clear and honest. Love from Coimbatore

            • Diệp Diệp Ta

              hope it all works out, Baptiste. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Saint-Denis.

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