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A solar-powered water pump for the old Pioneer bus depot: help our neighbors in Newcastle upon Tyne

Volunteers in Newcastle upon Tyne are raising $3,100 for a solar-powered water pump at the old Pioneer bus depot.

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Farhana Tahmina Mahmud
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Newcastle upon Tyne
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a solar-powered water pump. This year a group of 19 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Pioneer bus depot, but no funding. We have received donated volunteer hours worth about $1,150, and the remaining cost is $3,100. It will serve about 537 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. 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 $3,100 goes: • Safety equipment and signage: $290 • Tools hire and delivery: $250 • Materials: $2,560 Thank you so much.
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  • Randall R. Green

    Sending good thoughts, Farhana. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

    • Hassan Ibrahim

      sending strength, Farhana. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Thinking of Newcastle upon Tyne.

      • Bolaji Daniel Gbadamosi

        Sending strength. Hope this works out for you. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

        • Silvia L. CruzQuestion

          How is Farhana doing now?

          • Antonio N. Romero

            Hope it all works out. This could happen to any of us. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. God bless.

            • Zanele J. Botha

              Praying for you, Farhana. Great idea, hope you get there. After 26 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from Newcastle upon Tyne!

              • Rajan M. Chheda

                Thanks for sharing this, Farhana. Your post was clear and honest. My husband and I read this together

                • Jacques L. Chetty

                  So sorry you're going through this. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Toronto

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