Clean streets and rivers for Recife: restoring Lotus Creek

Lotus Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 72 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 46 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $450 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $190 • Signage and educational materials: $60 • Tools and protective gear: $200 Thanks for being kind about this. - Antônia