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The old Freedom bus depot needs a rainwater harvesting system - Shima's neighborhood project
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a rainwater harvesting system - we need $350 for materials.
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Bangladesh217 views
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a rainwater harvesting system. This year a group of 20 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Freedom bus depot, but no funding.
We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $350.
It will serve about 89 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in June 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.
All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance.
Where the $350 goes:
• Permits and inspections: $20
• Materials: $300
• Safety equipment and signage: $30
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Shima
Updates from Shima
Small update. $60 so far, we've started the first stage. - Shima
Thank you all. We're at 14% now ($50). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward permits and inspections.
- Ibrahim Mazen Siddiqui 🇲🇦 · $50
- Hayato Toru Takeda 🇯🇵 · $20
“My neighbor told me about this one. - Fukuoka”
- Aisha Basma Nabulsi 🇺🇸 · $20
“Thought of Shima all day after reading this. - Mesa”
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $10
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More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Bergamo.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Shima
Permits and inspections is $20 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Fair thing to want to know.
Hope things get better soon, Shima. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. God bless
hang in there. Your post was clear and honest. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Rawalpindi