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Let's build a repair café workshop together in Braunschweig
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a repair café workshop - we need $3,250 for materials.
🇩🇪 Lower Saxony, Germany3,718 views
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 11 volunteers, including two retired carpenters, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Pioneer bus depot, but no funding.
We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $3,250.
It will serve about 394 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.
All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance.
Where the $3,250 goes:
• Materials: $2,550
• Permits and inspections: $115
• Safety equipment and signage: $350
• Tools hire and delivery: $235
Thank you for reading my story.
- Christian
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Rooting for you, Christian. I hope things turn around soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. All the best.
Thanks for sharing this. Great idea, hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Stockholm.
Wishing you peace, Christian. Gave what I could, wish it was more
Thinking of you and your family, Christian. Your post was clear and honest. God bless
Wishing you peace. Great idea, hope you get there. We're a small family in Belo Horizonte but we're thinking of you.