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A sensory garden for children with autism for the Baobab vacant lot: help our neighbors in Üsküdar
A community-led a sensory garden for children with autism at the Baobab vacant lot that will serve 318 neighbors.
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For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a sensory garden for children with autism. This year a group of 13 volunteers, including the neighborhood football club, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Baobab vacant lot, but no funding.
We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $1,000.
It will serve about 318 people, including school children and their families. 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.
All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance.
Where the $1,000 goes:
• Materials: $690
• Permits and inspections: $60
• Safety equipment and signage: $115
• Tools hire and delivery: $135
Glad we found this place.
- Nihal
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Take care, Nihal. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Üsküdar.
So sorry you're going through this. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
Thinking of you and your family, Nihal. More neighborhoods should do this. Wish I lived closer to Kazan so I could bring a meal