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Clean air and water for Cardiff: restoring Acacia Beach
A neighborhood-led restoration of Acacia Beach needs $1,550 for saplings and equipment.
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Acacia Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This December, 48 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 197 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, including native species selected by a local botanist.
The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade.
All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $1,550 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $560
• Tools and protective gear: $240
• Waste removal and skip hire: $630
• Signage and educational materials: $120
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
- Madhu
Updates from Madhu
Small update. $134 so far, I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear.
Quick update: $49 raised so far (3%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them. - Madhu
Update from Cardiff: I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. We're at 3% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Roman C. Thornton 🇬🇧 · $75
“Praying for you. Hope the March deadline works out. - Sheffield”
- Eleanor Johnston 🇬🇧 · $25
“Thinking of you. Thought of Madhu all day after reading this. - Newcastle upon Tyne”
- Paul Gbenga Raji 🇳🇬 · $50
- Romain Petit 🇫🇷 · $30
- Quinn N. Knight 🇺🇸 · $5
- Selim Hasan Başaran 🇹🇷 · $10
“Stay strong. Thought of Madhu all day after reading this. - Istanbul”
- Nyambura Caroline Kimaro 🇰🇪 · $15
- Rylee Walker 🇺🇸 · $24
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can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Cardiff!
Thank you. If you're in Cardiff I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Let me know if you want more detail.
Take care. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Wish I lived closer to Haifa so I could bring a meal.
Take care, Madhu. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Take care
Thinking of you and your family, Madhu. More neighborhoods should do this. I'll check back for the next update. Greetings from Lethbridge
Sending good thoughts, Madhu. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Pokhara.
sending love, Madhu. Shared this with my family.
Thinking of you. Hope this works out for you. It's not much but it's yours
Keep going, Madhu. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from Karachi.
Best of luck, Madhu. Gave what I could, wish it was more. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
Sending love. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Freiburg
hope it all works out, Madhu. I hope things turn around soon. God bless
Wishing you peace, Madhu. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Blessings.
Wishing you peace, Madhu. Shared it with a few friends. After 26 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything