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Let's build a skate park together in Lagos
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a skate park - we need $450 for materials.
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For five years the neighborhood has asked for a skate park. This year a group of 21 volunteers, including two retired carpenters, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Pioneer Primary School, but no funding.
We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $450.
It will serve about 221 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 $450 goes:
• Tools hire and delivery: $60
• Materials: $350
• Safety equipment and signage: $40
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
Updates from Zubby
Good news. Because of your gifts ($110 in total) the plan for materials is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Fen Ting Zheng 🇺🇸 · $10
- Vivian Mosley 🇺🇸 · $20
“Sending love. My brother told me about this one. - Riverside”
- Josefina J. Rodriguez 🇵🇭 · $138
- Akira Ogawa 🇯🇵 · $10
- Regina L. Treviño 🇲🇽 · $25
- Georgina Patience Owusu 🇬🇭 · $50
- Eda Keskin 🇹🇷 · $25
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Hang in there, Zubby. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. God bless.
Hope things get better soon. Shared this with my family. Thinking of Lagos
Rooting for you, Zubby. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Please keep us posted. Take care.
Sending love. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Put this on a community board in Jakarta this morning.
Hang in there. Shared this with my family. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry
Sending good thoughts. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Lagos.
You're not alone, Zubby. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I went through something like this 5 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless
Thanks for sharing this, Zubby. Hope this works out for you. It's not much but it's yours. All the best.
Hope it all works out, Zubby. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My husband and I read this together