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A solar-powered water pump: a volunteer-led effort in Kano
Volunteers in Kano are raising $150 for a solar-powered water pump at Sycamore Park.
🇳🇬 Kano, Nigeria723 views
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a solar-powered water pump. This year a group of 12 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Sycamore Park, but no funding.
We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $150.
It will serve about 519 people, including local farmers and market traders. We'll hold a build day in March 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 $150 goes:
• Permits and inspections: $35
• Tools hire and delivery: $65
• Safety equipment and signage: $50
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
- Nkechi
Updates from Nkechi
Thank you all. We're at 50% now ($75). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($25 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Nkechi
- Kaori Mei Goto 🇯🇵 · $50
- Rafael A. Ortiz 🇪🇸 · $25
- Marisa Teresa Longo 🇮🇹 · $20
- Zoe J. Rose 🇺🇸 · $12
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Nkechi.
The list at the bottom is the whole picture. permits and inspections is the biggest at $35. I'll keep the page updated.
You're not alone, Nkechi. Great idea, hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Kano.
good luck, Nkechi. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Love from Jaffna.
Wishing you peace, Nkechi. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't give up
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We're a small family in Lafayette but we're thinking of you. Love from Lafayette.
Praying for you, Nkechi. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of Kano.