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The Baobab health centre yard needs a repair café workshop - Joyce's neighborhood project

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a repair café workshop - we need $700 for materials.

🇰🇪 Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya1,572 views
Joyce Apio Salim
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Kisumu
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 19 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Baobab health centre yard, but no funding. We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $700. It will serve about 330 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 $700 goes: • Materials: $510 • Permits and inspections: $50 • Safety equipment and signage: $90 • Tools hire and delivery: $50 Thanks for being kind about this.
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Joyce

  1. Update from Kisumu: the plan for permits and inspections is now scheduled. We're at 25% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Update from Kisumu: I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. We're at 60% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Update from Kisumu: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 82% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Julián H. Jiménez 🇺🇸 · $78

    “Keep your head up. Thought of Joyce all day after reading this. - Akron”

  • Jennifer P. Duran 🇬🇧 · $75

    “Hang in there. Hope the November deadline works out. - Southampton”

  • Erlangga Andi Suharto 🇮🇩 · $52
  • Sunita A. Shukla 🇮🇳 · $50

    “Every little bit. Hope you get the rest soon. - Patna”

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    “Keep your head up. Please keep us posted. - Rockford”

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    “Thought of Joyce all day after reading this. - Abuja”

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    “Happy to help. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Mexicali”

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    “You got this. My colleague told me about this one. - Boston”

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  • Abebe Wondimu Tesfaye

    thinking of you, Joyce. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Blessings.

    • Sebastian Józef KrawczykID verified

      thinking of you, Joyce. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Jakarta Barat

      • Mark P. Aquino

        Thinking of you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I hope November is when things finally get easier.

        $730 raised of $700

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