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Clean streams for Soweto: restoring the Maple wetland

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Maple wetland needs $400 for saplings and equipment.

🇿🇦 Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa627 views

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The Maple wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 56 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 105 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 $400 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $55 • Native saplings and stakes: $250 • Signage and educational materials: $95 With deep gratitude, Themba

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