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Clean air and water for Lagos: restoring Unity Creek
A neighborhood-led restoration of Unity Creek needs $300 for saplings and equipment.
🇳🇬 Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria358 views
Unity Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 96 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 94 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 $300 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $100
• Tools and protective gear: $95
• Waste removal and skip hire: $70
• Signage and educational materials: $35
If you're reading this, thank you.
Updates from Bukola
Thank you all. We're at 55% now ($164). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled.
Update from Lagos: I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear. We're at 21% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 13% funded and I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
- Bharath P. Shetty 🇮🇳 · $15.50
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $14
- Abubakar Kayode Coker 🇳🇬 · $25
- Parvathi A. Venkatesh 🇮🇳 · $100
- Karim Tariq Maalouf 🇪🇬 · $24
- Delilah F. McDonald 🇺🇸 · $15
- Mukesh L. Mittal 🇮🇳 · $25
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So sorry you're going through this. More neighborhoods should do this. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. God bless.