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Clean air and water for Varanasi: restoring Freedom Beach

Help us clean and replant Freedom Beach before the September planting window closes.

🇮🇳 Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India597 views
Dola Tania Islam
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Varanasi
Freedom Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 47 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 114 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 $400 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $210 • Tools and protective gear: $85 • Waste removal and skip hire: $105 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people. - Dola

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  • Dua Iqra Aslam 🇵🇰 · $25

    “Hang in there. Hope the September deadline works out. - Gujranwala”

  • Vishal S. Grewal 🇬🇧 · $30
  • Zuzanna Krystyna Maciejewski 🇵🇱 · $10
  • Trisha A. Salazar 🇵🇭 · $10
  • Courtney K. Page 🇺🇸 · $180

    “Only $180 but hope it helps. - San Diego”

  • Zahra Hiba Youssef 🇪🇬 · $8
  • Long Bảo Dinh 🇻🇳 · $100

    “Best of luck. Thought of Dola all day after reading this. - Hồ Chí Minh City”

  • Ahmed Haider Tarar 🇵🇰 · $50
  • Nana Lawrence Armah 🇬🇭 · $33.50

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  • Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Varanasi!

    • So sorry you're going through this, Dola. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer

      • is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Dola!

        • Dola Tania IslamOwnerAnswerID verified

          The list at the bottom is the whole picture. native saplings and stakes is the biggest at $210. Fair thing to want to know.

      • Tâm Thu VoID verified

        Sending good thoughts. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.

        • So sorry you're going through this, Dola. Great idea, hope you get there. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Zaria.

          • Hope it all works out, Dola. Hope this works out for you. It's not much but it's yours

            • Sending strength, Dola. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer.

              • thanks for sharing this. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Austin.

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