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Clean streams for Üsküdar: restoring Liberty Beach

A neighborhood-led restoration of Liberty Beach needs $400 for saplings and equipment.

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Liberty Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 48 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 71 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: • Native saplings and stakes: $135 • Tools and protective gear: $80 • Waste removal and skip hire: $125 • Signage and educational materials: $60 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen. - Defne
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