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Let's build a free library and reading room together in Niterói
A community-led a free library and reading room at Harmony Park that will serve 154 neighbors.
🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil714 views
For five years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 21 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Harmony Park, but no funding.
We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $1,250.
It will serve about 154 people, including children, seniors and people with disabilities. We'll hold a build day in September 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 $1,250 goes:
• Materials: $850
• Permits and inspections: $105
• Safety equipment and signage: $145
• Tools hire and delivery: $150
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Natália
Updates from Natália
We're at 46% thanks to 11 of you. the plan for permits and inspections is now scheduled. More news soon.
17% there. I made the first payment toward materials. Thank you.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($190 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Anna T. Duncan 🇺🇸 · $75
- Pilar B. Cruz 🇲🇽 · $5
- Sumbal Sadia Siddiqui 🇵🇰 · $75
- Chidinma Damilola Ajayi 🇳🇬 · $100
“You got this. From Gwagwalada with love.”
- Reagan F. Austin 🇺🇸 · $129
“Good luck. Shared with friends too. - Denver”
- Fabiana Adriana Tavares 🇧🇷 · $50
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $100
- Freya Tuva Samuelsson 🇸🇪 · $20
- Charlotte G. Byrd 🇺🇸 · $10
“Hope this helps. From Scranton with love.”
- Francisco M. Solís 🇲🇽 · $50
- Lorena B. Ortiz 🇺🇸 · $25
- Shahana Puja Siddique 🇧🇩 · $50
“Good luck. Saw your post and had to give. - Narayanganj”
- Wesley C. Bennett 🇦🇺 · $25
- Tithi Runa Talukder 🇧🇩 · $100
- Ayelet Orly Yosef 🇮🇱 · $15
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So sorry you're going through this. Hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours. Thinking of Niterói.
You're not alone. Great idea, hope you get there. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
best of luck. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like
Thinking of you, Natália. More neighborhoods should do this
Take care, Natália. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. After 6 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from Tuxtla Gutiérrez.