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Fundraising for a Community Center

Building a community/art center to bring the world together in transforming the community

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Fundraising for a Community Center

Fundraising for a Community Center

Fundraising for a Community Center

Building a community/art center to bring the world together in transforming the community

Building a community/art center to bring the world together in transforming the community

Building a community/art center to bring the world together in transforming the community

Building a community/art center to bring the world together in transforming the community

Lukeko Gaun
Lukeko Gaun
Lukeko Gaun
Lukeko Gaun
1 Campaign |
Lalitpur, Nepal
$2,250 USD 43 backers
11% of $20,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
Lukeko Gaun is a community project which aims to bring global artists together amid the inspiring mountains of Nepal so that jointly we befriend nature, create art and spread love all around.

Short Summary

Lukeko Gaun, a village for arts and farming, is the dream center of International Center for Social Theater Nepal, where we aspire to bring creative people together to create a better world for everyone.

In the far corner of Lalitpur district near Kathmandu Valley, we're currently building a community center which will be useful for both the guests and neighbors of village. Our community center is a hub for all theater practitioners, yoga and meditation lovers, and all kinds of artists to meet, create and be one with nature. The center envisions forming a community of people to celebrate love all around and help regain peace, love and happiness in the world. People of the center become the change makers of the society.

Additionally, at the community center, we aspire to empower the local youths and women by providing them various training and workshops. Many theater workshops as well as residencies are being planned to be conducted in the community center which will ultimately provide job opportunities to the locals.

We're a small group of people who are passionate about theater and arts, so we're hopeful that the kind hearts of the world will work together with us to reach our goal of making an art community.

What We Need & What You Get

At the moment, in order to build our community center, we're making do with the resources locally available to us and have also started a goat farm to sustain ourselves. But we need your support to help us complete the construction of the community center.

Our planned structure includes building:
1. A community hall for events like training, workshop, yoga, meditation and so on,
2. A library that can be used by both the residents and the locals,
3. A hostel for residencies and for volunteer accommodation, along with a kitchen and few washrooms,
4. A few small cottages inside the forest for those seeking solace and inspiration in nature,

5. An eco-friendly tree-house reading space,

6. A permaculture farm,

7. And planting 200 trees in the Lukeko Gaun premises.

What do the donors get from helping us?
With a common dream of bringing the world together, while you help us by donating, we help you by delivering your love and concern to the society without requiring you to spare time from your busy schedule. We appreciate donations as small as $10 because we know you care and for that we cannot give you anything except love and blessings. Additionally, if you solely or in partnership sponsor any of our proposed buildings, we assure you that the building will be named after you. After all, everyone needs to know the name of the person behind the kind gesture. And if some day you plan to visit us, you will get to enjoy the love and affection of our local neighbors too.

The Impact

Through our center, we hope to have a larger impact in to bringing oneness in the world. Some of the other impacts include:

  • A hub for artists, theater practitioners, yogis and creators from all around the globe
  • Working space for creative individuals and groups
  • A center for yoga and meditation that everyone can benefit from
  • Exchange of culture as well as ideas between the global and the local communities
  • Employment opportunities to the locals along with various training and workshops
  • Market for locally farmed produces

Risks & Challenges

As ours is an ambitious project, we might have to face a few challenges like in-coordination of the locals or the lack to visiting residents who can add value to the community. We, however, take these challenges and motivation and work harder everyday to set things right.

We, as of now, have cordial relationship with all our neighbors, and with our friendly ways, we plan on keeping situations under control. As far as the visiting residents are concerned, we are sure that all our fellow artist friends and the ones who've visited us personally will help us spread the word around.

Other Ways You Can Help

We understand that some of you may be unable to help us financially but you can still help us by:

  • Volunteering directly at our community center and farm.
  • Getting the word out and spreading the news of our campaign.
  • Sharing our campaign by using Indiegogo share tools!

Love and Gratitude!

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Choose your Perk

A personal thank you note

A personal thank you note

$10 USD
We're glad that you decided to help us, so for every $10 you donate we will send you a personalized thank you note.
Included Items
  • Personal thank you note
Estimated Shipping
December 2019
5 claimed
A personalized thank you video

A personalized thank you video

$20 USD
For every $20 received, we will send you a personalized thank you video because you deserve it!
Included Items
  • A personalized thank you video
Estimated Shipping
December 2019
3 claimed
Plant a tree

Plant a tree

$25 USD
For every $25-$49 received, we promise to plant a tree in the Lukeko Gaun premises.
Included Items
  • A Tree For Life - We Are Earth
Estimated Shipping
December 2020
10 claimed
A token of love

A token of love

$50 USD
With love, our company t-shirt will be shipped to those helping hands who donate us the amounts ranging from $50-$90 so that our bonds are made stronger through emotions.
Included Items
  • Company T-shirt
Estimated Shipping
December 2020
7 claimed
Ships worldwide.
ICST Nepal Bag as gift

ICST Nepal Bag as gift

$100 USD
As a token of thanks, you receive a ICST Nepal bag for each $100 you donate for our cause.
Included Items
  • ICST Nepal Bag
Estimated Shipping
December 2020
3 claimed
Ships worldwide.
ICST Nepal Bag + T-shirt

ICST Nepal Bag + T-shirt

$200 USD
Every contribution is worth remembering, so as a gift for each $200 received we will provide a ICST Nepal Bag and a ICST Nepal T-shirt to the helping hands.
Included Items
  • ICST Nepal Bag + T-shirt
Estimated Shipping
December 2020
0 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Free Residential Workshop

Free Residential Workshop

$500 USD
For the kind hearts who donate us anything from $500-$990 will directly be eligible to attend one of our residential workshops for free of cost. Alternatively, the helping hands can choose to name the small cottages that are to be made inside the forest after themselves or their loved ones.
Included Items
  • Lukeko Gaun Forest Hut
  • Free Residential Workshop
Estimated Shipping
December 2020
1 claimed
Free stay at Lukeko Gaun

Free stay at Lukeko Gaun

$1,000 USD $1,500 USD (33% off)
A donation of $1000 means a month-long free stay for you at Lukeko Gaun. You can also transfer this perk to your close one visiting Nepal.
Included Items
  • Free stay at Lukeko Gaun
Estimated Shipping
December 2020
0 claimed
Buildings named after donor

Buildings named after donor

$2,000 USD
As a return gift to the good Samaritans, we will name each of the building sponsored after the donor or whoever they wish to dedicate the building to. Isn't it awesome to be remembered for a good deed?
Included Items
  • Lukeko Gaun Library
  • Lukeko Gaun Community Hall
  • Lukeko Gaun Hostel Rooms
  • Tree House Reading Space
Estimated Shipping
December 2020
0 claimed

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