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The Lotus health centre yard needs a sensory garden for children with autism - Byaruhanga's neighborhood project
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a sensory garden for children with autism - we need $450 for materials.
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For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a sensory garden for children with autism. This year a group of 29 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Lotus health centre yard, but no funding.
We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $450.
It will serve about 542 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. We'll hold a build day in July 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 $450 goes:
• Materials: $320
• Permits and inspections: $50
• Safety equipment and signage: $25
• Tools hire and delivery: $55
Thanks for reading all this.
Updates from Byaruhanga
Update from Nairobi: I made the first payment toward tools hire and delivery. We're at 16% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Quick update: $36 raised so far (8%). the plan for safety equipment and signage is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Soledad F. Bravo 🇪🇸 · $4
- Jürgen Groß 🇩🇪 · $50
- Marek Damian Szewczyk 🇬🇧 · $10
“Get well soon. Hope the July deadline works out. - Edinburgh”
- Jenny J. Manalo 🇵🇭 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
- Alexander J. Brooks 🇬🇧 · $15
- Anna Janina Sikora 🇵🇱 · $21
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Stay strong, Byaruhanga. Great idea, hope you get there.
Sending strength, Byaruhanga. Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Southampton this morning. Blessings
Best of luck, Byaruhanga. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to Berlin so I could bring a meal.
Keep going, Byaruhanga. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 17 years in accounting I know how hard it's to ask for anything. All the best.
Best of luck, Byaruhanga. More neighborhoods should do this. God bless.
Rooting for you. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Wish I lived closer to Stockholm so I could bring a meal.
Stay strong, Byaruhanga. Great idea, hope you get there. All the best.
So sorry you're going through this. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Lagos.
Thinking of you and your family, Byaruhanga. Your post was clear and honest. Don't be hard on yourself for asking
wishing you peace. Your post was clear and honest. I hope July is when things finally get easier
Hope it all works out, Byaruhanga. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. God bless
thinking of you. Shared it with a few friends. It's not much but it's yours
Thinking of you and your family. More neighborhoods should do this. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Bandung.