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Volunteers in Marseille are raising $3,350 for a rainwater harvesting system at the Union community hall.

🇫🇷 Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France1,795 views
Léo Nathan Aubert
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Marseille
For five years the neighborhood has asked for a rainwater harvesting system. This year a group of 28 volunteers, including two retired carpenters, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Union community hall, but no funding. We have received donated a pump, and the remaining cost is $3,350. It will serve about 148 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. 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. All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance. Where the $3,350 goes: • Materials: $2,550 • Permits and inspections: $130 • Safety equipment and signage: $210 • Tools hire and delivery: $460 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.

Updates from Léo

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 18% funded and I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts.

  • Mwende Mugisha Shayo 🇺🇬 · $166
  • Nitin G. Phadke 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Nur Hande Kara 🇹🇷 · $25

    “From my family to yours. Hope the September deadline works out. - Konya”

  • Teresa Justyna Kubiak 🇬🇧 · $10

    “Hope this helps. Gave what I could this week. - Belfast”

  • Nora P. Kim 🇺🇸 · $33

    “Hang in there. Please keep us posted. - Orlando”

  • Neha Panwar 🇬🇧 · $10
  • Keith Woods 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Weston E. Reynolds 🇬🇧 · $30

    “Hang in there. Thought of Léo all day after reading this. - Belfast”

  • Carol A. Scott 🇺🇸 · $21.50

    “Only $22 but hope it helps. - San Diego”

  • Tae-yang Yong-jun Hwang 🇰🇷 · $20
  • Moumita Lipi Hossain 🇮🇳 · $10

    “Sending love. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Coimbatore”

  • Bruno G. Serrano 🇲🇽 · $100

    “Good luck. I'm in Mérida, thinking of you. - Mérida”

  • Nazia Kausar Ahmed 🇵🇰 · $20
  • Vani N. Saxena 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Lyudmila Bogdana Soloviev 🇺🇦 · $10
  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $10

    “Take care of yourselves. Thought of Léo all day after reading this. - Sheffield”

  • Aarav C. Jat 🇮🇳 · $5
  • Ghada Nour Saleh 🇸🇦 · $75

    “Sending love. Thought of Léo all day after reading this.”

  • Birtukan Mulu Lemma 🇪🇹 · $25

    “Hope this helps. Thought of Léo all day after reading this. - Addis Ababa”

  • Rocío E. Maldonado 🇲🇽 · $35

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  • Rooting for you, Léo. Hope you get there. We're a small family in Rotterdam but we're thinking of you. Take care.

    • Take care, Léo. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Take care.

      • Rooting for you. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I have a 13 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Greetings from Albany.

        • Adriana Isabela SouzaAddress verified

          So sorry you're going through this, Léo. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.

          • Deborah M. WhitfieldPhoto verified

            Sending love, Léo. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless.

            • Great idea, hope you get there. I have a 15 year old who wants to send good wishes too.

              • Teguh Wahyu KurniawanPhoto verified

                thinking of you and your family. Shared this with my family. I have a 7 year old who wants to send good wishes too.

                • praying for you. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My husband and I read this together.

                  • Sending good thoughts. Looking forward to the next update. Wish I lived closer to Medellín so I could bring a meal. God bless.

                    • hope it all works out, Léo. Looking forward to the next update. Love from Rohini

                      • thinking of you and your family, Léo. Shared it with a few friends. Love from Tallahassee.

                        • Great idea, hope you get there. Don't give up. All the best.

                          • Nora HansenPhoto verified

                            Hope it all works out. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I hope September is when things finally get easier. Love from Gazipur

                            • hope things get better soon, Léo. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Wish I lived closer to Regina so I could bring a meal. Love from Buffalo.

                              • Great idea, hope you get there. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Blessings

                                • Fernando Sebastião LeiteID verifiedPhoto verified

                                  so sorry you're going through this, Léo. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I hope September is when things finally get easier.

                                  • Looking forward to the next update. After 28 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Marseille.

                                    • Sending good thoughts, Léo. Looking forward to the next update.

                                      $1,335.50 raised of $3,350

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