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A skate park: a volunteer-led effort in Pune

Volunteers in Pune are raising $500 for a skate park at the Jacaranda health centre yard.

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Shivam K. Verma
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Pune
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a skate park. This year a group of 10 volunteers, including the neighborhood football club, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Jacaranda health centre yard, but no funding. We have received donated paint, and the remaining cost is $500. It will serve about 238 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. We'll hold a build day in February 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 $500 goes: • Materials: $300 • Permits and inspections: $55 • Safety equipment and signage: $55 • Tools hire and delivery: $90 Thank you so much.
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Updates from Shivam

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 11% funded and I made the first payment toward safety equipment and signage.

  2. Update from Pune: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 6% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Rashidi James Barasa 🇰🇪 · $30
  • Sapna W. Walia 🇮🇳 · $26
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  • Sharon A. Long

    You're not alone. More neighborhoods should do this. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best.

    • Hadley N. ReidPhoto verified

      More neighborhoods should do this. We're a small family in Nottingham but we're thinking of you

      • Sipho N. Coetzee

        You're not alone, Shivam. Shared this with my family. All the best.

        • Miles R. Roberts

          Thinking of you and your family. Hope this works out for you. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Pune.

          • Douglas Willis

            hope things get better soon. I hope things turn around soon. Put this on a community board in Badagry this morning

            • Akash L. Kohli

              Wishing you the best, Shivam. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Bangkok

              • Joyce P. Torres

                Sending good thoughts. Hope you get there. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Love from Bowling Green

                • Danjuma Chukwuemeka Abdullahi

                  Thanks for sharing this. Hope you get there. Greetings from Lagos.

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