Tip Jar #1 for Shovels and Wheelbarrows

On the 25th of August, I started a fundraising campaign with a goal of US$250. This is what I wrote to get it started:

In the Budaburam (Ghana) Refugee Camp for Liberians, many people have started working together as volunteers in a Humanist Movement campaign for Non-violence and Fight Against Malaria. Part of the campaign is to clean up the environment so as to eliminate breeding grounds for mosquitos. They've got plenty of
volunteers, but need shovels, rakes, gloves, wheelbarrow and other similar equipment to do this clean-up work. Thanks much!

On the 11th of November, we reached that goal! Here is the report of how that money was spent.

This campaign was for the council organized by Sampson Nugba. I visited this team’s Saturday action at the end of November where they had about 25 people cleaning up a certain area of the camp. See photos. One point that really struck me was the fact that there were many more tools in evidence than what was purchased with the $250. We bought one wheelbarrow, for example, and 3 were in use. Same with rakes, shovels and cutlasses. This tells me that not only did they begin the project without financial help from the outside, they are continuing to maximize resources brought to bear on any particular day. Sampson’s council has at least 7 teams and at total of at least 130 people.
Sampson with No Dumping signboard 2004