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Liberty Primary School needs a youth football pitch - Osamu's neighborhood project

A community-led a youth football pitch at Liberty Primary School that will serve 434 neighbors.

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Osamu Morita
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Setagaya
For five years the neighborhood has asked for a youth football pitch. This year a group of 27 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Liberty Primary School, but no funding. We have received donated a pump, and the remaining cost is $2,700. It will serve about 434 people, including school children and their families. 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 $2,700 goes: • Materials: $2,250 • Permits and inspections: $195 • Safety equipment and signage: $85 • Tools hire and delivery: $170 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Osamu

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,222 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 25% funded and I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts.

  3. Quick update: $337 raised so far (12%). I made the first payment toward tools hire and delivery. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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    “Hang in there. I'm in Lagos, thinking of you.”

  • Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $100

    “From my family to yours. Thought of Osamu all day after reading this.”

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  • Runa Puja Sheikh

    Thanks for sharing this, Osamu. This could happen to any of us.

    • Annabelle Grant

      Best of luck. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day

      • Nathaniel Kojo Tawiah

        Best of luck. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Kasarani.

        • Lucas A. HowardPhoto verified

          hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update!

          • Maria L. Brooks

            thanks for sharing this, Osamu. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Thinking of Setagaya.

            $1,554.50 raised of $2,700

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