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I was interested to read about the lockers. That definitely seems like a tractable problem, of the kind "This is something needed that could be built." This we
by ALittleLight 7y ago
I was interested to read about the lockers. That definitely seems like a tractable problem, of the kind "This is something needed that could be built."
This website [1] has locker systems which could go outdoors for between 6-20k from what I can tell. Certainly seems like a raisable amount.
I'd imagine you would need an area to set it up, the support of local government and possibly a local business or shelter to get the space for the installation. Then you need to raise the 20k. Then you need to work with the management software to make sure it supports this use case. Then you'd need to do the work of maintaining it, which would probably be non-trivial...
Are there existing charities that setup locker systems like these? Is there a way to do it profitably? Charities could make a limited number of lockers work, whereas profit could make many more.
1 - https://www.luxerone.com/market/residential/ https://www.luxerone.com/market/residential/
- icebraining 7y agoIn Lisbon, Portugal an organization designed, produced and installed what they call "Solidarity Lockers": https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2014/0124/Duarte-Paiva-helps-the-homeless-by-designing-lockers-to-house-their-things https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2014/012... Apparently it cost about 5000€ all-in, including installation, though manual labor is relatively cheap in Portugal. That said, I'm sure there are extra costs (at least in volunteer time) keeping them up, and that's often disregarded by these feel-good articles.