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A repair café workshop for Jacaranda Park: help our neighbors in Kyiv

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a repair café workshop - we need $200 for materials.

🇺🇦 Ukraine406 views
Bohdan Kuzmin
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Kyiv
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 10 volunteers, including two retired carpenters, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Jacaranda Park, but no funding. We have received donated paint, and the remaining cost is $200. It will serve about 401 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in July 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 $200 goes: • Tools hire and delivery: $75 • Permits and inspections: $35 • Safety equipment and signage: $90 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it. - Bohdan

Updates from Bohdan

  1. Small update. $135 so far, we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

  2. Small update. $60 so far, the plan for permits and inspections is now scheduled.

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  • is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Bohdan.

    • Bohdan KuzminOwnerAnswer

      Sure. The biggest one is tools hire and delivery, $75. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Thanks, that means a lot.

  • this could happen to any of us. Thinking of Kyiv.

    • Hye-jin Da-eun LimQuestionID verified

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

      • Bohdan KuzminOwnerAnswer

        Thank you. If you're in Kyiv I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks for asking.

    • You're not alone. Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Kyiv.

      • Wishing you the best. Shared this with my family. Please keep us posted

        • Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Please keep us posted. Love from Amritsar.

          • Keep going. This could happen to any of us. I went through something like this 5 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Bergamo

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