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Clean streams for Mumbai: restoring the Union wetland
Help us clean and replant the Union wetland before the October planting window closes.
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India1,193 views
The Union wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 81 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 59 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $350 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $240
• Tools and protective gear: $35
• Waste removal and skip hire: $55
• Signage and educational materials: $20
Thanks for reading all this.
Updates from Yamini
Good news. Because of your gifts ($87 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Thank you all. We're at 13% now ($47). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.
- Jayanthi M. Menon 🇮🇳 · $10
“Hang in there. Thought of Yamini all day after reading this.”
- Theodore C. McBride 🇺🇸 · $100
“Happy to help. - Aurora”
- Anonymous 🇲🇦 · $20
“Be well. From Fez with love. - Fez”
- Jonathan S. Moreno 🇺🇸 · $10
- Shoaib Naveed Gill 🇵🇰 · $10
- Deepak D. Meena 🇮🇳 · $22
- Jung-ho Do-hyun Bae 🇰🇷 · $25
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Rooting for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Greetings from Rio de Janeiro
Good luck, Yamini. Looking forward to the next update. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Mumbai
Sending good thoughts, Yamini. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My husband and I read this together. All the best.
is there anything that isn't money that would help Yamini?
Good luck, Yamini. Great idea, hope you get there. God bless.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Yamini.
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. native saplings and stakes comes first ($240) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. Happy to explain more.
Shared it with a few friends. Put this on a community board in Dar es Salaam this morning
Good luck, Yamini. Great idea, hope you get there. Sent it to 26 people at work.
Hope it all works out, Yamini. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected
Take care. Shared it with a few friends. Don't give up. Thinking of Mumbai.
Hang in there, Yamini. More neighborhoods should do this. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like!
Sending strength. Shared it with a few friends. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Mumbai.