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Let's build a free library and reading room together in Thrissur

Volunteers in Thrissur are raising $550 for a free library and reading room at Acacia Primary School.

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Jayanthi R. Nayak
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Thrissur
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 11 volunteers, including two retired carpenters, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Acacia Primary School, but no funding. We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $550. It will serve about 494 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in August 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 $550 goes: • Materials: $410 • Permits and inspections: $30 • Safety equipment and signage: $20 • Tools hire and delivery: $90 Every share and every dollar helps.
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Updates from Jayanthi

  1. Thank you all. We're at 55% now ($302). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

  2. 45% there. we've started the first stage. Thank you.

  3. Wanted to say thank you properly. 15% funded and the plan for safety equipment and signage is now scheduled.

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  • Kiran W. Rathnam 🇮🇳 · $100

    “Hang in there. Been where you're, it gets better. - Agra”

  • Babu Masud Banerjee 🇧🇩 · $100
  • Clara Park 🇨🇦 · $75
  • Orlando N. Cruz 🇵🇭 · $50
  • Bruno L. Cruz 🇲🇽 · $50
  • Sinta Eka Purnomo 🇮🇩 · $37

    “Hope this helps. From Kediri with love.”

  • Thabisa Jacobs 🇿🇦 · $34

    “Hope this helps. From Johannesburg with love.”

  • Rodrigo Sebastião Costa 🇧🇷 · $25
  • Dayo Jide Chukwu 🇳🇬 · $25
  • Renata R. Fuentes 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Riaan M. Isaacs 🇿🇦 · $25
  • Manuel L. Rojas 🇨🇴 · $25

    “Hope it all works out. Hope the August deadline works out. - Bogotá”

  • Zoey R. Contreras 🇬🇧 · $25

    “Thought of Jayanthi all day after reading this. - Sheffield”

  • Natalia Alina Belov 🇷🇺 · $20

    “Good luck. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Yekaterinburg”

  • Jayden E. Delgado 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Cesar W. Garcia 🇵🇭 · $17
  • Brandon J. Caldwell 🇺🇸 · $10

    “Hope things get better. Hope you get the rest soon. - Jacksonville”

  • Sandra Abena Zakaria 🇬🇭 · $10

    “Hope it all works out. Gave what I could this week. - Kumasi”

  • Kevin K. Reyes 🇵🇭 · $10
  • Senthil M. Ramachandran 🇮🇳 · $10

    “Keep your head up! - Ludhiana”

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  • Isha P. Kale

    So sorry you're going through this, Jayanthi. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Thinking of Thrissur

    • Chidinma Salami

      hope things get better soon, Jayanthi. Hope this works out for you.

      • Edoardo Colombo

        thanks for sharing this. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I have a 7 year old who wants to send good wishes too. All the best.

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