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Clean air and water for Kadıköy: restoring the Sycamore hillside
Volunteers are restoring the Sycamore hillside in Kadıköy; $350 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Sycamore hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 118 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 60 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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 $350 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $30
• Waste removal and skip hire: $110
• Native saplings and stakes: $210
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hang in there. Your post was clear and honest. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
Hang in there, Defne. Gave what I could, wish it was more. God bless.
is there anything that isn't money that would help Defne?
Best of luck, Defne. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Take care.
stay strong. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.
Thinking of you, Defne. Shared it with a few friends. Please keep us posted. All the best.
hope it all works out, Defne. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Blessings.
Praying for you, Defne. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.
Sending strength, Defne. This could happen to any of us. After 15 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Sending love. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 30 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from San Miguel de Tucumán.
Hope things get better soon. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't give up.
Sending love. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust!