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Clean streams for Quezon City: restoring Lotus Beach

Volunteers are restoring Lotus Beach in Quezon City; $500 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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John Paul W. Ramos
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Quezon City
Lotus Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 106 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 95 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 $500 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $230 • Tools and protective gear: $100 • Waste removal and skip hire: $110 • Signage and educational materials: $60 Thanks for reading all this.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from John

  1. Quick update: $171 raised so far (34%). I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Update from Quezon City: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 57% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Quick update: $331 raised so far (66%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them. - John Paul

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  • Nimra Aleena Raza

    good luck. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Greetings from Tarkwa

    • Ximena T. Castro

      Sending love, John Paul. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Ciudad de México

      • Sade Khadija Nnamdi

        Best of luck, John Paul. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

        • John E. Black

          Thinking of you, John Paul. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Love from Tallahassee.

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