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Clean streams for Surat: restoring the Maple riverbank

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

🇮🇳 Surat, Gujarat, India288 views
Harsh M. Bajwa
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Surat
The Maple riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 98 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 140 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the district council, 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: • Native saplings and stakes: $250 • Tools and protective gear: $45 • Waste removal and skip hire: $80 • Signage and educational materials: $25 I hope life is good to you. - Harsh

Updates from Harsh

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($5 in total) I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($55 in total) I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Update from Surat: I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. We're at 14% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  • Minh Sơn Doan 🇻🇳 · $11

    “Hope things get better. Only $11 but hope it helps. - Hồ Chí Minh City”

  • Gabriel Olivier Vasseur 🇫🇷 · $50
  • Wyatt A. Hendricks 🇳🇿 · $5

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  • Thinking of you. Your post was clear and honest. I have a 16 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Blessings.

    • Nina Marlene FrankeAddress verified

      Rooting for you, Harsh. I hope things turn around soon. My neighbor in Jakarta Selatan donated after I showed her your page. Blessings.

      • Hope this works out for you. My neighbor in Fort Worth donated after I showed her your page. Blessings

        • Wishing you peace, Harsh. Great idea, hope you get there. I hope October is when things finally get easier.

          • Hope it all works out. Hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend

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