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Clean air and water for Ribeirão Preto: restoring Lotus Beach
A neighborhood-led restoration of Lotus Beach needs $400 for saplings and equipment.
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Lotus Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This November, 93 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 165 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $400 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $110
• Signage and educational materials: $50
• Waste removal and skip hire: $240
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Elaine
Small update. $90 so far, I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
Update from Ribeirão Preto: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 20% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Vaibhav H. Sheth 🇮🇳 · $74
- Atul N. Sathe 🇮🇳 · $9
“From my family to yours. Only $9 but hope it helps. - Chennai”
- Fernanda B. Gutiérrez 🇺🇸 · $10
- Eliane Regina Fonseca 🇧🇷 · $69.50
“Rooting for you. Please keep us posted. - Brasília”
- Paisley A. Fox 🇺🇸 · $10
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Hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Ribeirão Preto.