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Clean streets and rivers for Mérida: restoring the Acacia riverbank

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Acacia riverbank needs $450 for saplings and equipment.

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Marta J. Salazar
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Mérida
The Acacia riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 44 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 135 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $450 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $210 • Tools and protective gear: $195 • Signage and educational materials: $45 Thanks for being kind about this. - Marta

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  • Nipa Joya RashidID verified

    take care, Marta. Hope you get there. God bless.

    • rooting for you. This could happen to any of us. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Tiruchirappalli.

      • Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. After 7 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything!

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