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A repair café workshop for the Harmony vacant lot: help our neighbors in Berlin
Volunteers in Berlin are raising $1,850 for a repair café workshop at the Harmony vacant lot.
🇩🇪 10175, Berlin, Berlin, Germany3,638 views
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 28 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Harmony vacant lot, but no funding.
We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $1,850.
It will serve about 133 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. We'll hold a build day in November 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 $1,850 goes:
• Safety equipment and signage: $450
• Materials: $1,100
• Tools hire and delivery: $300
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Sophie
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“Take care of yourselves. Thought of Sophie all day after reading this.”
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rooting for you. Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 5 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Hang in there. Shared this with my family. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Blessings
gave what I could, wish it was more. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Berlin.
Thinking of you and your family, Sophie. More neighborhoods should do this. Wish I lived closer to Moscow so I could bring a meal. Love from Córdoba
Hope things get better soon. Shared this with my family. My husband and I read this together.
Hope things get better soon, Sophie. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.
Rooting for you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'm in public service myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
rooting for you, Sophie. More neighborhoods should do this.