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A youth football pitch for the Unity vacant lot: help our neighbors in Cali

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a youth football pitch - we need $900 for materials.

🇨🇴 Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia878 views
Manuel C. Pacheco
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Cali
For three years the neighborhood has asked for a youth football pitch. This year a group of 10 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Unity vacant lot, but no funding. We have received donated volunteer hours worth about $350, and the remaining cost is $900. It will serve about 216 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. We'll hold a build day in May 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 $900 goes: • Materials: $670 • Permits and inspections: $35 • Safety equipment and signage: $70 • Tools hire and delivery: $125 Thank you for reading my story. - Manuel
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Manuel

  1. 39% there. I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. Thank you. - Manuel

  2. We're at 18% thanks to 7 of you. the plan for safety equipment and signage is now scheduled. More news soon.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 7% now ($66). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. - Manuel

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  • Walker Ferguson 🇺🇸 · $100

    “Only $100 but hope it helps. - Montgomery”

  • Senthil Narayanan 🇮🇳 · $30

    “Every little bit. Only $30 but hope it helps. - Saket”

  • Naresh N. Joshi 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇦🇺 · $405

    “Wishing you the best. Saw your post and had to give. - Melbourne”

  • Santiago A. Tran 🇬🇧 · $7
  • Babatunde Dayo Ogunbanjo 🇳🇬 · $5

    “Thought of Manuel all day after reading this. - Lagos”

  • Amparo W. Serrano 🇺🇸 · $5
  • Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $10
  • Roberto P. Pacheco 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Reagan Figueroa 🇺🇸 · $75
  • Saanvi B. Gurjar 🇮🇳 · $100

    “Rooting for you. Hope the May deadline works out. - Tiruchirappalli”

  • Malsha Lakshmi Kumarasinghe 🇱🇰 · $9
  • Khalid Talha Jatoi 🇵🇰 · $25
  • Mark A. Marquez 🇵🇭 · $10
  • Dayo Seyi Oyelaran 🇳🇬 · $50
  • Raffaele Mario Piras 🇮🇹 · $10

    “Thought of Manuel all day after reading this. - Latina”

  • Eva P. Byrd 🇺🇸 · $15
  • Amaka Oluwaseun Afolabi 🇳🇬 · $41

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  • Adriana K. Ríos

    Take care, Manuel. It takes guts to ask. Well done. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings

    • Princess G. Lopez

      Sending love. I hope things turn around soon. Love from Mangaluru.

      • Mitu Runa Sarker

        Thinking of you and your family, Manuel. More neighborhoods should do this. I hope May is when things finally get easier. God bless.

        • Diego Tiago Silva

          I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Los Angeles

          • Umar Naveed Jatoi

            Stay strong, Manuel. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Kyiv

            • Eman Mehwish Memon

              it takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Ubud.

              • Farah Kausar Syed

                More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Athens

                • Aria N. Little

                  Wishing you the best. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Siliguri.

                  • Nonso Musa Abdullahi

                    You're not alone, Manuel. Your post was clear and honest. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Blessings

                    • Desmond Stephenson

                      Thinking of you, Manuel. Your post was clear and honest. Put this on a community board in Fayetteville this morning. Greetings from Fayetteville.

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