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What's amazing about this programme is that it could be extended to other parts of Scotland easily - the supply and demand are both there - but the funding and infrastructure (both physical and administrative) is lacking. As far as I know, there have been small local efforts to replicate their work in NE Scotland which were gratefully received by both refugees and the orgs that support #NewScots, but they just didn't become sustainable. It's hard to replicate their work at smaller scales, I guess?
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@yetiinabox I am only a volunteer at BfR so I can't really comment on why it has been so successful. All I can suggest is that the few people who founded BfR are passionate that it will succeed & understand the business of providing such a service. There is doubtless also the "big city" factor. In Glasgow & Edinburgh there are cycling cultures & many people prepared to donate time and bicycles to make it happen. Without strong volunteer support it wouldn't happen.
A 饝惔饝惗饝悷饝惗 (hiti) is an ancient Newah urban water feature: a stepped, sunken courtyard with waterspouts and a central pool. These are fed through a remarkable network of pipes, reservoirs, and irrigation systems drawing water from mountain springs dozens of kilometres away. Every day, hundreds of people from the neighbourhood come to draw water, bathe, and exchange news. They are a unique and precious feature of Newa urban architecture through which neighbourhoods are created.
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