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Clean streets and rivers for Salvador: restoring the Jacaranda hillside

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Jacaranda hillside needs $450 for saplings and equipment.

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Giovana Natália Costa
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Salvador
The Jacaranda hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 38 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 95 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: • Tools and protective gear: $125 • Waste removal and skip hire: $270 • Signage and educational materials: $55 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Giovana
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Giovana

  1. Small update. $220 so far, the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled.

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  • Oonagh C. Campbell

    Hope it all works out, Giovana. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Take care

    • Corinne Marie Gonzalez

      Wishing you the best, Giovana. I hope things turn around soon. Take care.

      • Kalyani H. Goud

        Hang in there, Giovana. Your post was clear and honest. Love from Gdynia.

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