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The Pioneer community hall needs a repair café workshop - Cristiane's neighborhood project

A community-led a repair café workshop at the Pioneer community hall that will serve 383 neighbors.

🇧🇷 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil1,528 views
Cristiane Valentina Xavier
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Ribeirão Preto
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 29 volunteers, including the neighborhood football club, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Pioneer community hall, but no funding. We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $650. It will serve about 383 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in February 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 $650 goes: • Tools hire and delivery: $50 • Safety equipment and signage: $130 • Materials: $470 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.

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  • Kumar E. Warrier 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Mathilda Ingrid Schmitz 🇩🇪 · $100
  • Gugu J. Buthelezi 🇿🇦 · $75

    “Keep your head up. Hope the February deadline works out. - Pretoria”

  • Lipi Rina Sen 🇧🇩 · $73.50
  • Sophie Quarles 🇺🇸 · $62

    “Rooting for you. Only $62 but hope it helps.”

  • Skylar W. Chambers 🇨🇦 · $50
  • Selim Murat Çiftçi 🇹🇷 · $50

    “Wish I could do more. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Istanbul”

  • Vikash J. Mokoena 🇿🇦 · $50

    “Keep your head up. Please keep us posted. - Sandton”

  • Snehal T. Doshi 🇮🇳 · $50
  • Yaw Ekow Appiah 🇬🇭 · $50
  • Halima Akinyi Nabwire 🇰🇪 · $30
  • Umesh B. Chauhan 🇮🇳 · $26.50
  • Audrey Young 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Diana Vida Peprah 🇬🇭 · $20

    “Be well. Please keep us posted. - Kumasi”

  • Rohan Srivastava 🇮🇳 · $18
  • Sharon P. Gordon 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Pablo F. Escobar 🇪🇸 · $10
  • Asher F. Jennings 🇬🇧 · $10
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Rachel M. Soto 🇺🇸 · $6

    “Good luck. Saw your post and had to give. - Fayetteville”

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  • Best of luck, Cristiane. Great idea, hope you get there. Please keep us posted.

    • Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Cristiane

      • Sure. The biggest one is tools hire and delivery, $50. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. I'll keep the page updated.

    • Usman IqbalPhoto verified

      Take care. More neighborhoods should do this. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. God bless

      • Wishing you the best, Cristiane. More neighborhoods should do this. Take care.

        • hope it all works out. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Nagpur.

          • stay strong, Cristiane. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. God bless!

            • is there anything that isn't money that would help Cristiane?

              • Sending good thoughts, Cristiane. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Ribeirão Preto.

                • Sending good thoughts, Cristiane. It takes guts to ask. Well done

                  • Thinking of you and your family, Cristiane. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Love from Veracruz.

                    • Thinking of you and your family. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to Santa Rosa so I could bring a meal. Greetings from Tallahassee.

                      • Great idea, hope you get there. After 20 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything. All the best

                        • Great idea, hope you get there. Love from Kinondoni.

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