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Clean streams for Juazeiro do Norte: restoring the Acacia riverbank
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Acacia riverbank needs $950 for saplings and equipment.
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The Acacia riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 83 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 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 $950 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $520
• Tools and protective gear: $140
• Waste removal and skip hire: $240
• Signage and educational materials: $50
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
Updates from Manuela
32% there. the plan for waste removal and skip hire is now scheduled. Thank you.
20% there. I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. Thank you.
Quick update: $135 raised so far (14%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Ellie F. Mack 🇺🇸 · $100
- Naveed Saad Jilani 🇵🇰 · $68
“Hope this helps. Hope the September deadline works out. - Gujranwala”
- Sultana Popy Islam 🇧🇩 · $30
- Adnan Talha Raza 🇵🇰 · $30
- Jung-ho Joon-woo Song 🇰🇷 · $27
“Wishing you the best. Hope the September deadline works out. - Busan”
- Sunita R. Grewal 🇮🇳 · $25
- Patricia R. López 🇲🇽 · $25
“You got this. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Tlaquepaque”
- Irfan Heru Rahman 🇮🇩 · $15
- Liliana B. Howell 🇺🇸 · $10
- Tudor Gheorghe 🇷🇴 · $9
“Best of luck. Only $9 but hope it helps. - Iași”
- Daniele Vitali 🇮🇹 · $5
- Omer Zeeshan Sheikh 🇵🇰 · $5
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rooting for you, Manuela. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Juazeiro do Norte.
Thinking of you, Manuela. Hope this works out for you. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Blessings.
Shared this with my family. My neighbor in Johannesburg donated after I showed her your page. Thinking of Juazeiro do Norte.
Wishing you the best. Great idea, hope you get there. Thinking of Juazeiro do Norte.