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Clean streams for Zagazig: restoring the Jacaranda hillside

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Jacaranda hillside needs $400 for saplings and equipment.

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The Jacaranda hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 104 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 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: $220 • Tools and protective gear: $30 • Waste removal and skip hire: $115 • Signage and educational materials: $35 Every share and every dollar helps.

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Updates from Walid

We're at 71% thanks to 5 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
71% there. I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials. Thank you.
Small update. $60 so far, the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled. - Walid

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