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Clean streets and rivers for Bangkok: restoring Maple Creek
Volunteers are restoring Maple Creek in Bangkok; $300 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇹🇭 Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand1,061 views
Maple Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 65 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 75 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 $300 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $165
• Signage and educational materials: $75
• Tools and protective gear: $60
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
Updates from Thanaporn
Wanted to say thank you properly. 71% funded and I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials.
Thank you all. We're at 11% now ($34). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
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Keep going. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Bangkok.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Thanaporn.
It's all in the list in the story. waste removal and skip hire is the big one at $165, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Thanks, that means a lot.
Hang in there, Thanaporn. Your post was clear and honest. Love from London!
keep going. Looking forward to the next update. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. God bless
Hang in there. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Wish I lived closer to Moscow so I could bring a meal.
Best of luck, Thanaporn. Great idea, hope you get there. I'll check back for the next update. All the best.