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Clean streets and rivers for Nakhon Ratchasima: restoring the Jacaranda wetland
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Jacaranda wetland needs $550 for saplings and equipment.
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The Jacaranda wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 42 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 151 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 $550 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $320
• Waste removal and skip hire: $160
• Tools and protective gear: $70
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Somchai
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Somchai.
Native saplings and stakes is $320 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Thanks, that means a lot.
Thanks for sharing this, Somchai. Shared this with my family. Take care
Sending good thoughts. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. God bless.
Keep going, Somchai. Looking forward to the next update. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Nakhon Ratchasima.
Take care, Somchai. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Take care
hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Québec.
Stay strong. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Bangkok but we're thinking of you. God bless.
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Love from Boulogne-Billancourt.