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Clean streams for Novosibirsk: restoring the Unity wetland
Help us clean and replant the Unity wetland before the November planting window closes.
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The Unity wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 42 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 110 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 $900 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $510
• Tools and protective gear: $165
• Waste removal and skip hire: $150
• Signage and educational materials: $75
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Viktoria
Updates from Viktoria
Good news. Because of your gifts ($518 in total) the plan for waste removal and skip hire is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Viktoria
Update from Novosibirsk: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 29% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Daniel Tudor 🇷🇴 · $75
- Sushila Sapana Dangol 🇳🇵 · $10
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $100
- Itzel W. Orozco 🇲🇽 · $5
- Upendo Esther Mwakyusa 🇹🇿 · $30
- Clara Ramirez 🇺🇸 · $10
“Rooting for you. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Atlanta”
- Neelam J. Verma 🇮🇳 · $10
- Aishwarya G. Nair 🇮🇳 · $20
- Lorenzo J. García 🇺🇸 · $10
- Vidya H. Hegde 🇮🇳 · $10
- Modupe Khadija Oyelaran 🇳🇬 · $250
- Simiyu Mwende Kipchoge 🇰🇪 · $15
- Bharath G. Babu 🇮🇳 · $5
- Harsh A. Verma 🇮🇳 · $50
- Efrat Yarden David 🇮🇱 · $10
“Best of luck. Please keep us posted. - Beersheba”
- Moritz Schmitz 🇩🇪 · $10
“Take care of yourselves. Been where you're, it gets better. - Kassel”
- Artur Marcin Kowalski 🇵🇱 · $50
“Wish I could do more. Been where you're, it gets better. - Gdynia”
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $58
- Nusrat Shapla Miah 🇧🇩 · $50
- Lucian Adrian Barbu 🇷🇴 · $25
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Best of luck. I hope things turn around soon. Wish I lived closer to Cologne so I could bring a meal. Love from Mandaue
Rooting for you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My husband and I read this together. Love from Onitsha.
Thinking of you and your family, Viktoria. Great idea, hope you get there. Put this on a community board in San Jose this morning.
Wishing you the best. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Bordeaux.
Hope it all works out, Viktoria. Shared it with a few friends.
so sorry you're going through this, Viktoria. More neighborhoods should do this. Thinking of Novosibirsk
rooting for you, Viktoria. I hope things turn around soon.