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Clean streams for Thủ Đức: restoring the Freedom canal

Volunteers are restoring the Freedom canal in Thủ Đức; $450 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇻🇳 Thủ Đức, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam2,338 views
Phúc Cường Luong
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Thủ Đức
The Freedom canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 30 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 190 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 $450 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $210 • Tools and protective gear: $85 • Waste removal and skip hire: $105 • Signage and educational materials: $50 Thanks for being kind about this. - Phúc
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Updates from Phúc

  1. We're at 97% thanks to 15 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($302 in total) I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Quick update: $80 raised so far (18%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them. - Phúc

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  • Olivia R. Hendricks

    Hope it all works out. Hope this works out for you. We're a small family in Manukau but we're thinking of you. All the best.

    $527.50 raised of $450

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