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A youth football pitch for the Harmony health centre yard: help our neighbors in Savannah
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a youth football pitch - we need $4,250 for materials.
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For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a youth football pitch. This year a group of 13 volunteers, including two retired carpenters, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Harmony health centre yard, but no funding.
We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $4,250.
It will serve about 139 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in December 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 $4,250 goes:
• Tools hire and delivery: $480
• Safety equipment and signage: $340
• Materials: $3,430
With deep gratitude,
Sanjay
Updates from Sanjay
Wanted to say thank you properly. 49% funded and the plan for tools hire and delivery is now scheduled.
Quick update: $948 raised so far (22%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $200
- Camelia Florina Popescu 🇷🇴 · $50
- Priscila Priscila Moura 🇧🇷 · $75
- Allison H. Gregory 🇦🇺 · $50
- Tigist Sara Worku 🇪🇹 · $66
- Ziad Hadi Slimani 🇸🇦 · $10
- Fernando Guilherme Cunha 🇧🇷 · $75
- Jose Perez 🇬🇧 · $20
“Happy to help. Thought of Sanjay all day after reading this. - London”
- Theodore M. Fernandez 🇬🇧 · $20
- Nicolás J. Ramírez 🇺🇸 · $25
- Auma Barasa 🇰🇪 · $37
“Hope it all works out. Small amount but sent with love. - Eldoret”
- Harsh J. Rathore 🇮🇳 · $10
- Alice R. Keller 🇬🇧 · $70.50
- Emma Ida Lang 🇩🇪 · $10
- Dan Lin Guo 🇺🇸 · $4.50
- Rashed Karim Alam 🇧🇩 · $10
- Andrea N. Zamora 🇺🇸 · $20
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $10
- Kelvin Richard Amponsah 🇬🇭 · $20
- Nathan K. Chen 🇺🇸 · $100
“Blessings. Been where you're, it gets better. - Warren”
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Thanks for sharing this, Sanjay. Your post was clear and honest. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best
Hang in there, Sanjay. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Take care
Hang in there. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Mississauga.
You're not alone. This could happen to any of us. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.
Wishing you the best. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't give up. Thinking of Savannah.
Keep going, Sanjay. I hope things turn around soon.
Thinking of you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'm in customer support myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
so sorry you're going through this, Sanjay. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.
Hope things get better soon. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Jakarta Selatan
Praying for you. Looking forward to the next update. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Tema.
hang in there, Sanjay. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier.
Rooting for you, Sanjay. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. God bless!
You're not alone. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We're a small family in Onitsha but we're thinking of you. Love from Onitsha