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Let's build a repair café workshop together in Suwon
Volunteers in Suwon are raising $2,450 for a repair café workshop at Harmony Primary School.
🇰🇷 Gyeonggi, South Korea2,246 views
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 10 volunteers, including two retired carpenters, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Harmony Primary School, but no funding.
We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $2,450.
It will serve about 592 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. We'll hold a build day in November 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 $2,450 goes:
• Tools hire and delivery: $230
• Materials: $2,050
• Permits and inspections: $170
Thank you so much.
- Ye-jin
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Thinking of you and your family. Hope you get there. Greetings from London.
Wishing you peace, Ye-jin. Hope you get there. My husband and I read this together. All the best.
Sending strength, Ye-jin. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'm in hospitality myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Greetings from Giza.
Hope it all works out, Ye-jin. It takes guts to ask. Well done. God bless.
Wishing you peace, Ye-jin. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. After 8 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Keep going. Shared it with a few friends. After 14 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Love from Newport.
Best of luck. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Please keep us posted. God bless
Good luck. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Suwon.
So sorry you're going through this, Ye-jin. More neighborhoods should do this. After 27 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care
Thanks for sharing this, Ye-jin. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I have a 14 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of Suwon
rooting for you. 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. God bless!
Take care, Ye-jin. I hope things turn around soon.
Hang in there, Ye-jin. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. It's not much but it's yours.
Thinking of you and your family, Ye-jin. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too!
Keep going, Ye-jin. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. God bless