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Clean streets and rivers for Istanbul: restoring Acacia Creek

Help us clean and replant Acacia Creek before the October planting window closes.

🇹🇷 Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye2,095 views
Şule Meltem Erdem
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Istanbul
Acacia Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 115 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 45 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 $500 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $350 • Tools and protective gear: $75 • Waste removal and skip hire: $60 • Signage and educational materials: $15 Thanks for being kind about this.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Şule

  1. Quick update: $230 raised so far (46%). I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 40% funded and I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

  3. We're at 19% thanks to 3 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon. - Şule

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  • Christos Nikolaos Zografos 🇬🇷 · $100

    “Rooting for you. Thought of Şule all day after reading this.”

  • Adriana M. Acosta 🇪🇸 · $97

    “Good luck. Hope the October deadline works out. - Girona”

  • Willem E. Reddy 🇿🇦 · $50

    “Best of luck. Thought of Şule all day after reading this. - Cape Town”

  • Damilola Uche Olawale 🇳🇬 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Meseret Mekdes Tesfaye 🇪🇹 · $25
  • Vishnu A. Kamath 🇮🇳 · $25

    “Praying for you. Hope the October deadline works out. - Thrissur”

  • Carlos Luís Lima 🇧🇷 · $20

    “Hope things get better. Been where you're, it gets better. - Duque de Caxias”

  • Rajesh H. Bhatia 🇦🇺 · $17.50

    “Thinking of you. Thought of Şule all day after reading this. - Mandurah”

  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $10
  • Adrián S. Sandoval 🇦🇷 · $10

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  • Mwangi Paul MwendeQuestion

    is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Şule!

    • Andrea H. González

      Stay strong, Şule. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I hope October is when things finally get easier. God bless.

      • Quinn P. Kendrick

        So sorry you're going through this, Şule. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.

        • Ronke Mercy Fashola

          Thinking of you and your family, Şule. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Cologne.

          • Okan Hüseyin Tekin

            You're not alone, Şule. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Sent it to 13 people at work. All the best

            • Beth D. YatesAddress verified

              Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Denver

              $454.50 raised of $500

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