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Sycamore Park needs a free library and reading room - Sri's neighborhood project

Volunteers in Jakarta are raising $500 for a free library and reading room at Sycamore Park.

🇮🇩 DKI Jakarta, Indonesia2,376 views
Sri Hesti Wijaya
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Jakarta
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 14 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Sycamore Park, but no funding. We have received donated volunteer hours worth about $150, and the remaining cost is $500. It will serve about 505 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in October 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 $500 goes: • Tools hire and delivery: $50 • Safety equipment and signage: $60 • Materials: $390 Thanks for reading all this. - Sri
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

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  • Lệ Hằng Mai

    Thanks for sharing this, Sri. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Sent it to 9 people at work. Love from Alcalá de Henares.

    • Jerome D. Gonzales

      Thanks for sharing this, Sri. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Blessings.

      • Jade BoydQuestion

        how is Sri doing now?

        • Prakash J. Namboothiri

          Gave what I could, wish it was more. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Dwarka.

          • Hudson Yang

            Sending good thoughts, Sri. Your post was clear and honest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Take care

            • Ramesh R. Verma

              Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. God bless

              • Alejandro F. Ríos

                Sending strength. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't give up.

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