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Clean streets and rivers for Tema: restoring the Cedar riverbank

Help us clean and replant the Cedar riverbank before the August planting window closes.

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Gloria Comfort Quaye
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Tema
The Cedar riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 85 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 152 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 $300 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $155 • Tools and protective gear: $35 • Waste removal and skip hire: $80 • Signage and educational materials: $30 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people. - Gloria
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Gloria

  1. Thank you all. We're at 68% now ($205). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

  2. We're at 41% thanks to 2 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.

  3. Quick update: $123 raised so far (41%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

Donations

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  • Suresh M. Prajapati 🇬🇧 · $10

    “From my family to yours. Thought of Gloria all day after reading this. - Nottingham”

  • Enes Arda Demir 🇹🇷 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $25
  • Santiago A. Mendoza 🇺🇸 · $57
  • Lena Melanie Maier 🇩🇪 · $113

    “Best of luck. Thought of Gloria all day after reading this.”

  • Kai L. Cole 🇨🇦 · $10

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  • Deepa G. Thevar🇮🇳Verified helper
    Genuine person with a big heart

    This is what community support looks like. They didn't just offer generic advice; they provided personalized help tailored to my specific situation.

  • Rachel T. Quincy🇺🇸Verified donor
    Really cared about my situation

    This is what community support looks like. They didn't just offer generic advice; they provided personalized help tailored to my specific situation.

  • Gonzalo F. Quintero🇲🇽Verified donor
    Really cared about my situation

    I was struggling and didn't know where to turn. This person stepped in without hesitation and provided exactly what I needed. Their compassion and expertise made all the difference in my life.

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  • Mariana R. CabreraQuestion

    can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Tema!

    • Margaret Joyce Mollel

      Best of luck. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out.

      • Lincoln A. Li

        Keep going, Gloria. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.

        • Eva Nina Janssen

          You're not alone. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Please keep us posted. Take care

          • Salim Collins Wekesa

            Praying for you. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Take care.

            • Jocelyn B. Flores

              Praying for you. Shared this with my family. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Bacolod.

              • Maureen C. O'Donnell

                Hang in there, Gloria. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Blessings.

                • Maud Anne Meijers

                  Hang in there, Gloria. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Take care

                  • Sabina Sheikh

                    Hang in there, Gloria. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you

                    • Grace A. Mills

                      Shared it with a few friends. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Tema.

                      • Lisa Maud Scholten

                        Sending love. Shared it with a few friends. Sent it to 27 people at work.

                        $265 raised of $300

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