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The old Maple bus depot needs a free library and reading room - Josefa's neighborhood project

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a free library and reading room - we need $700 for materials.

🇲🇽 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico1,031 views
Josefa B. Domínguez
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Xalapa
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 12 volunteers, including the neighborhood football club, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Maple bus depot, but no funding. We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $700. It will serve about 129 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. 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. All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance. Where the $700 goes: • Materials: $530 • Permits and inspections: $40 • Safety equipment and signage: $90 • Tools hire and delivery: $40 Thank you so much. - Josefa
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Josefa

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($496 in total) I made the first payment toward safety equipment and signage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. We're at 59% thanks to 11 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon.

  3. We're at 24% thanks to 6 of you. I made the first payment toward permits and inspections. More news soon.

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  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $25

    “Take care of yourselves. Hope the September deadline works out. - Leicester”

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    “Thought of Josefa all day after reading this. - Bucaramanga”

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    “Be well. Only $15 but hope it helps. - Melbourne”

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    “Happy to help. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Sydney”

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  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $80.50
  • Riley W. Neal 🇦🇺 · $15

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  • Sebastian A. Rowe

    Thinking of you, Josefa. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Thinking of Xalapa.

    • Dhruv M. Jadeja

      Wishing you the best, Josefa. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Blessings.

      • Aileen E. Pineda

        looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Xalapa.

        • Chinedu Olumide Daramola

          Shared this with my family. Thinking of Xalapa.

          • Ivy F. Jimenez

            Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. God bless

            • Bilal Mustafa Nassar

              So sorry you're going through this. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Wish I lived closer to Fayetteville so I could bring a meal.

              • Amaka Hauwa Falana

                This could happen to any of us. Wish I lived closer to Düsseldorf so I could bring a meal. All the best

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