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A solar-powered water pump: a volunteer-led effort in Leeds

A community-led a solar-powered water pump at the Sycamore health centre yard that will serve 470 neighbors.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom1,775 views
Natalie Anderson
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Leeds
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a solar-powered water pump. This year a group of 28 volunteers, including two retired carpenters, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Sycamore health centre yard, but no funding. We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $2,700. It will serve about 470 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. We'll hold a build day in October 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 $2,700 goes: • Materials: $1,800 • Permits and inspections: $310 • Safety equipment and signage: $290 • Tools hire and delivery: $300 Every share and every dollar helps. - Natalie
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Updates from Natalie

  1. 29% there. I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. Thank you.

  2. We're at 24% thanks to 12 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon.

  3. Wanted to say thank you properly. 11% funded and I made the first payment toward materials.

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  • Rani Siregar 🇮🇩 · $200
  • Kevin L. Morris 🇺🇸 · $143

    “Only $143 but hope it helps. - San Francisco”

  • Tejas N. Patel 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Babar Danish Chaudhry 🇵🇰 · $76

    “Wish I could do more. Thought of Natalie all day after reading this.”

  • Rami Mahmoud Hussein 🇪🇸 · $53.50

    “Happy to help. My mother told me about this one. - Alcalá de Henares”

  • Yash F. Bhatt 🇮🇳 · $30

    “Hope things get better. Thought of Natalie all day after reading this. - Kolkata”

  • Ruth Reid 🇺🇸 · $30
  • Beata Barbara Tomaszewski 🇵🇱 · $26

    “Happy to help. Thought of Natalie all day after reading this.”

  • Clement Patrick Amponsah 🇬🇭 · $25
  • Damien Fabrice Renard 🇫🇷 · $25

    “Good luck. Hope the October deadline works out. - Paris”

  • Musyoka Njoroge Massawe 🇰🇪 · $25
  • Sachin G. Shah 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Irene Rose Tembo 🇹🇿 · $20
  • Ivy N. Taylor 🇺🇸 · $20

    “Thinking of you. From Tucson with love.”

  • Milena Petrov 🇷🇺 · $15

    “Good luck. From Saint Petersburg with love. - Saint Petersburg”

  • Nitin D. Kale 🇮🇳 · $15
  • Claire Schmitt 🇲🇦 · $10

    “Hang in there. Thought of Natalie all day after reading this. - Casablanca”

  • Lena Alicja Wróbel 🇵🇱 · $10
  • Jyoti A. Chaudhary 🇮🇳 · $10

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  • Claudio Alessandro Gentile

    Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care

    • Shakil Mohammad ParvezID verified

      wishing you the best, Natalie. Looking forward to the next update.

      • Camille Florence Richard

        Praying for you, Natalie. Shared this with my family. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too!

        • Thomas M. Franklin

          Thinking of you and your family, Natalie. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Berlin.

          • Oonagh McLoughlin

            Thinking of you and your family, Natalie. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. All the best.

            • Ximena T. Quiroga

              Thinking of you and your family, Natalie. Great idea, hope you get there. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Jabalpur

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