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Clean air and water for Shubra: restoring the Freedom wetland
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Freedom wetland needs $300 for saplings and equipment.
🇪🇬 Shubra, Cairo, Egypt1,224 views
The Freedom wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This December, 40 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 147 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: $145
• Waste removal and skip hire: $110
• Signage and educational materials: $45
Thank you for reading my story.
- Rima
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Good luck, Rima. Shared this with my family. Thinking of Shubra!
Praying for you. This could happen to any of us. We're a small family in San Francisco but we're thinking of you. Thinking of Shubra.
Hope it all works out, Rima. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. All the best.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Shubra
Thank you. If you're in Shubra I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks, that means a lot.
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. After 30 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
praying for you, Rima. Looking forward to the next update. Please keep us posted. God bless.
Good luck. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My husband and I read this together. Love from Los Angeles.
thinking of you, Rima. Shared it with a few friends. My husband and I read this together.
Sending love, Rima. Shared this with my family. All the best.
Best of luck. Shared it with a few friends. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
This could happen to any of us. I hope March is when things finally get easier. Blessings.