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The Harmony community hall needs a free library and reading room - Luiz's neighborhood project

Volunteers in Santos are raising $1,350 for a free library and reading room at the Harmony community hall.

🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil1,460 views
Luiz Márcio Moreira
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Santos
For five years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 8 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Harmony community hall, but no funding. We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $1,350. It will serve about 300 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. 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 $1,350 goes: • Materials: $1,000 • Permits and inspections: $35 • Safety equipment and signage: $105 • Tools hire and delivery: $210 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself. - Luiz

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  • Svetlana Viktoria Vasiliev 🇩🇪 · $100
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    “Thought of Luiz all day after reading this. - Mumbai”

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    “Hang in there. Only $75 but hope it helps. - Thủ Đức”

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  • Manuel H. Torres 🇪🇸 · $25
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  • Omar Omar Mebarek 🇸🇦 · $75
  • Yasir Ghassan Mostafa 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Gabriel Fabrice Leclercq 🇫🇷 · $11
  • Siva K. Pillai 🇮🇳 · $50
  • Everly P. Burton 🇬🇧 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇮🇱 · $50
  • Joshua Delgado 🇦🇺 · $25
  • Piper Thornton 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Kevin Hamisi Wekesa 🇰🇪 · $250

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  • Thanks for sharing this, Luiz. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Thinking of Santos

    • Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to Tokyo so I could bring a meal

      • Good luck. More neighborhoods should do this. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

        • Lourdes J. HernandezPhoto verified

          Sending love, Luiz. Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Riverside this morning

          • stay strong. More neighborhoods should do this!

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