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Clean streams for Ciudad de México: restoring the Unity wetland

Help us clean and replant the Unity wetland before the October planting window closes.

🇲🇽 Ciudad de México, Mexico1,028 views
Pilar G. Campos
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Ciudad de México
The Unity wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 53 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 174 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 $600 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $125 • Native saplings and stakes: $260 • Waste removal and skip hire: $215 I hope life is good to you.

Updates from Pilar

  1. Quick update: $493 raised so far (82%). the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. 43% there. I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear. Thank you.

  • Wyatt A. Porter 🇺🇸 · $50.50

    “Hope it all works out. My cousin told me about this one. - Allentown”

  • Thanaporn Jaidee 🇹🇭 · $50

    “Blessings. Thought of Pilar all day after reading this.”

  • Balaji C. Varma 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Zoey P. Ford 🇬🇧 · $10
  • Alberto N. Hernández 🇲🇽 · $5
  • Fabiana Ingrid Borges 🇧🇷 · $50
  • Eun-ji Chae-won Kim 🇰🇷 · $25

    “Best of luck. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Incheon”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $20
  • Léo Ethan Gauthier 🇫🇷 · $10
  • Anoma Niluka Ekanayake 🇱🇰 · $100
  • Fernando R. Ochoa 🇲🇽 · $30
  • Arief Bayu Mahendra 🇮🇩 · $25

    “Best of luck. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Bandung”

  • Julieta L. Valdez 🇺🇸 · $5

    “My sister told me about this one. - Jacksonville”

  • Cristian R. Guzmán 🇺🇸 · $38
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    “Be well. Hope the October deadline works out. - Manukau”

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  • Femi Henry Uzor 🇳🇬 · $75
  • Rakib Alamin Ghosh 🇧🇩 · $50
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    “All the best. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Cox's Bazar”

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  • keep going. Shared it with a few friends. I hope October is when things finally get easier. Blessings.

    • you're not alone, Pilar. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Take care.

      • This could happen to any of us. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Ciudad de México

        • Thinking of you and your family. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Ciudad de México

          • Praying for you, Pilar. Hope you get there. Love from Onitsha.

            • sending strength. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Ogbomosho

              • Praying for you. Shared it with a few friends. I have a 9 year old who wants to send good wishes too.

                • Hope this works out for you. Love from Ahmedabad.

                  • good luck. Shared it with a few friends. God bless.

                    • Thanks for sharing this. Great idea, hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Ottawa this morning

                      • Hope things get better soon. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Love from Swansea.

                        • Sending love, Pilar. Your post was clear and honest. Blessings!

                          • hope things get better soon. Your post was clear and honest. I hope October is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Sydney

                            • Sending good thoughts, Pilar. More neighborhoods should do this. Greetings from Bogor.

                              • Stay strong. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Ciudad de México.

                                • Praying for you, Pilar. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day

                                  • Wishing you the best. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Atlanta

                                    • Keep going. Hope this works out for you. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. All the best.

                                      $693.50 raised of $600

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