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Clean streams for Embakasi: restoring the Maple wetland
Volunteers are restoring the Maple wetland in Embakasi; $450 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Maple wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This October, 31 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 100 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $450 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $240
• Tools and protective gear: $35
• Waste removal and skip hire: $110
• Signage and educational materials: $65
With deep gratitude,
Mary
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Hope things get better soon, Mary. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Iztapalapa
Stay strong. Hope you get there. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. God bless.
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good luck, Mary. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. After 9 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless.
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