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

A community-led a solar-powered water pump at the Sycamore health centre yard that will serve 572 neighbors.

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Angel Mitchell
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Los Angeles
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a solar-powered water pump. This year a group of 27 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Sycamore health centre yard, but no funding. We have received donated a pump, and the remaining cost is $3,600. It will serve about 572 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. Funds are spent only on materials, permits and safety equipment; all labor is volunteered. Where the $3,600 goes: • Permits and inspections: $250 • Tools hire and delivery: $230 • Materials: $3,120 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen. - Angel
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Angel

  1. 42% there. I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. Thank you.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 34% now ($1,211). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward tools hire and delivery.

  3. Small update. $526 so far, I made the first payment toward materials.

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  • Tika Wulan Gunawan

    wishing you peace, Angel. Your post was clear and honest. Please keep us posted. Blessings.

    • Ravi S. Balakrishnan

      Wishing you peace, Angel. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Bengaluru

      • Abubakar Bolaji Mba

        Hope it all works out, Angel. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Blessings!

        • Zainab Abosede Ogunbanjo

          Best of luck, Angel. 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. Thinking of Los Angeles.

          • Ai Luo

            your post was clear and honest. Sent it to 38 people at work. All the best.

            • Farhan Nadeem Yousafzai

              Thinking of you and your family, Angel. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Agra.

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