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Clean air and water for Enugu: restoring the Lotus canal

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Lotus canal needs $350 for saplings and equipment.

🇳🇬 Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria474 views

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The Lotus canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 98 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 149 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $350 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $220 • Tools and protective gear: $25 • Waste removal and skip hire: $60 • Signage and educational materials: $45 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Kemi

#environment #tree-planting #cleanup

Updates from Kemi

Quick update: $208 raised so far (59%). I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Update from Enugu: the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled. We're at 13% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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