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Let's build a free library and reading room together in Addis Ababa
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a free library and reading room - we need $300 for materials.
🇪🇹 Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia1,864 views
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 19 volunteers, including the parish youth group, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Pioneer Primary School, but no funding.
We have received donated paint, and the remaining cost is $300.
It will serve about 332 people, including local farmers and market traders. 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 $300 goes:
• Safety equipment and signage: $30
• Materials: $230
• Tools hire and delivery: $40
Glad we found this place.
- Kidist
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- Jessica A. Coetzee 🇿🇦 · $100
- Lola Idowu Popoola 🇳🇬 · $75
- Sajib Chowdhury 🇧🇩 · $50
“Hang in there. Hope the December deadline works out. - Cox's Bazar”
- Ji-ho Woo-jin Jung 🇰🇷 · $30
- Federica Valentina Riva 🇮🇹 · $25
“Stay strong. Thought of Kidist all day after reading this.”
- Nicole Castillo 🇵🇭 · $10
“Hope things get better. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Mandaue”
- Nabil Nasser Rahman 🇬🇧 · $10
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is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Kidist!
The list at the bottom is the whole picture. safety equipment and signage is the biggest at $30.
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'm in logistics myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care.
Rooting for you. More neighborhoods should do this. Wish I lived closer to Cairo so I could bring a meal. Blessings
Rooting for you, Kidist. Hope you get there. Greetings from Ogbomosho.
Keep going, Kidist. This could happen to any of us.
Rooting for you, Kidist. Hope you get there. Blessings.
Sending good thoughts, Kidist. This could happen to any of us. God bless.
Hope it all works out, Kidist. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. It's not much but it's yours. Blessings.