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The Baobab vacant lot needs a repair café workshop - Mehmet's neighborhood project
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a repair café workshop - we need $500 for materials.
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For five years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 30 volunteers, including the parish youth group, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Baobab vacant lot, but no funding.
We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $500.
It will serve about 319 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. 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.
Funds are spent only on materials, permits and safety equipment; all labor is volunteered.
Where the $500 goes:
• Materials: $320
• Permits and inspections: $30
• Safety equipment and signage: $45
• Tools hire and delivery: $105
With deep gratitude,
Mehmet
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shared it with a few friends. Put this on a community board in Halifax this morning. Love from Halifax!
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Mehmet.
Sure. The biggest one is materials, $320. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Happy to explain more.
More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Bandung.
wishing you the best. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.
good luck. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Los Angeles.
Sending love. This could happen to any of us. Sent it to 30 people at work. Love from Jerusalem.