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Clean streets and rivers for Contagem: restoring the Liberty hillside

Volunteers are restoring the Liberty hillside in Contagem; $750 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇧🇷 Contagem, Minas Gerais, Brazil2,189 views
José Samuel Fernandes
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Contagem
The Liberty hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 92 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 130 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $750 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $420 • Tools and protective gear: $170 • Waste removal and skip hire: $110 • Signage and educational materials: $50 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  • Gloria Kirby

    Sending love. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I have a 13 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of Contagem

    • Kamran Farhan Awan

      Rooting for you, José. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Take care.

      • Fatma Özkan

        Shared this with my family. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Love from Chattogram.

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