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The Liberty community hall needs a rainwater harvesting system - Alok's neighborhood project
A community-led a rainwater harvesting system at the Liberty community hall that will serve 255 neighbors.
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For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a rainwater harvesting system. This year a group of 28 volunteers, including two retired carpenters, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Liberty community hall, but no funding.
We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $550.
It will serve about 255 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 $550 goes:
• Materials: $430
• Permits and inspections: $40
• Safety equipment and signage: $20
• Tools hire and delivery: $60
If you're reading this, thank you.
- Alok
Updates from Alok
We're at 49% thanks to 3 of you. I made the first payment toward safety equipment and signage. More news soon.
Update from Indore: I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. We're at 49% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
We're at 2% thanks to 1 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon.
- Neville B. Gordon 🇯🇲 · $100
“Thinking of you. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Spanish Town”
- Levi W. Howell 🇨🇦 · $30
“Hope it all works out. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Toronto”
- Edgardo G. Pineda 🇵🇭 · $247.50
- Qasim Tariq Sheikh 🇵🇰 · $10
- Peyton Luna 🇬🇧 · $10
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How is Alok doing now?
Hope things get better soon, Alok. Great idea, hope you get there
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Alok
Sure. The biggest one is materials, $430. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Fair thing to want to know.
Hope it all works out, Alok. Great idea, hope you get there. Thinking of Indore
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Alok?
Thank you. If you're in Indore I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great.
shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Indore.
rooting for you, Alok. Great idea, hope you get there. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Ribeirão Preto.
Keep going, Alok. Shared this with my family. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Love from Montréal
Best of luck, Alok. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Córdoba.
Sending love, Alok. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I went through something like this 4 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Mumbai
sending love, Alok. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.
Stay strong. Hope you get there. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless
Hope things get better soon. More neighborhoods should do this. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Comilla!
wishing you the best. Hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. God bless.