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Clean air and water for Mumbai: restoring the Freedom riverbank
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Freedom riverbank needs $350 for saplings and equipment.
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India1,634 views
The Freedom riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 35 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 63 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: $40
• Tools and protective gear: $85
• Native saplings and stakes: $225
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Purvi
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This helper is honest and transparent about what they can do. They didn't overpromise, but they did deliver excellent results. I would definitely trust them again.
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I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. After 26 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Blessings!
Great idea, hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Jakarta Barat so I could bring a meal.