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Clean streets and rivers for Ciudad de México: restoring the Union canal
Help us clean and replant the Union canal before the August planting window closes.
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The Union canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 85 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 104 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $900 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $610
• Tools and protective gear: $175
• Waste removal and skip hire: $80
• Signage and educational materials: $35
Thank you so much.
- Víctor
Updates from Víctor
Update from Ciudad de México: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 86% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Update from Ciudad de México: we've started the first stage. We're at 79% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($455 in total) the plan for waste removal and skip hire is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
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- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $100
“Best of luck. Thought of Víctor all day after reading this. - Puebla”
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- Randall Kelley 🇺🇸 · $405
- Carol N. Soto 🇺🇸 · $25
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Good luck, Víctor. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My husband and I read this together.
take care, Víctor. This could happen to any of us. Take care!
praying for you. Shared it with a few friends. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
Thinking of you, Víctor. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless.
Rooting for you, Víctor. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't be hard on yourself for asking
wishing you peace, Víctor. Hope you get there. I'll check back for the next update
Praying for you, Víctor. Shared this with my family. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Ciudad de México
Rooting for you, Víctor. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Take care.
Thinking of you and your family. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Badagry
Great idea, hope you get there. I have a 6 year old who wants to send good wishes too. All the best
Wishing you the best, Víctor. Shared this with my family. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Bellevue
sending good thoughts, Víctor. Your post was clear and honest