MoneyEnvironment
Clean air and water for Dehiwala: restoring the Harmony hillside
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Harmony hillside needs $400 for saplings and equipment.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka1,609 views
The Harmony hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 102 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 78 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the district council, 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 $400 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $250
• Tools and protective gear: $55
• Waste removal and skip hire: $65
• Signage and educational materials: $30
Thank you so much.
- Mahesh
Updates from Mahesh
No updates yet. Supporters are notified when the owner posts one.
- Amber T. Hall 🇺🇸 · $75
“Blessings. From Peoria with love.”
- Rylee R. Green 🇬🇧 · $66.50
“Keep your head up. Only $67 but hope it helps. - Coventry”
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $57
- Ruslan Serhiy Sorokin 🇷🇺 · $30
- Diệp My Ha 🇻🇳 · $25
- Denis Oleg Filippov 🇷🇺 · $18
- Daniel Maurício Brito 🇧🇷 · $17
- Céline Lacroix 🇫🇷 · $10
- Caroline Anyango Okello 🇰🇪 · $10
“All the best. Thought of Mahesh all day after reading this.”
Reviews
Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.
No reviews yet.
Questions & comments
Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.
Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.
Wishing you peace, Mahesh. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Worcester.
Rooting for you. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Please keep us posted. Love from Kraków.
Praying for you. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Blessings.
You're not alone. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. After 26 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from Jakarta Barat.