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Clean air and water for Kano: restoring the Acacia hillside

Volunteers are restoring the Acacia hillside in Kano; $410 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Juliet Amaka Adebayo
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Kano
The Acacia hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This December, 46 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 133 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $410 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $210 • Tools and protective gear: $85 • Waste removal and skip hire: $110 • Signage and educational materials: $5 If you're reading this, thank you. - Juliet
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Juliet

  1. Quick update: $20 raised so far (5%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Update from Kano: the plan for waste removal and skip hire is now scheduled. We're at 5% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. 1% there. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Thank you.

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  • Maria Aguilar 🇵🇭 · $15.50
  • Guilherme Antônio Soares 🇧🇷 · $10

    “Blessings. Gave what I could this week. - Juiz de Fora”

  • Arnel F. Soriano 🇵🇭 · $15

    “Sending love. I'm in Bacoor, thinking of you. - Bacoor”

  • Aubree J. Peterson 🇬🇧 · $5

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  • Ghada Mona Shaker

    Hope it all works out, Juliet. Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Kano.

    • Faith K. SantosPhoto verified

      Sending good thoughts, Juliet. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Kano.

      $45.50 raised of $410

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