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Clean streets and rivers for Yekaterinburg: restoring the Pioneer riverbank

Help us clean and replant the Pioneer riverbank before the October planting window closes.

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia1,188 views
Nadia Diana Alexandrov
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Yekaterinburg
The Pioneer riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 81 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 155 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $650 goes: โ€ข Native saplings and stakes: $350 โ€ข Tools and protective gear: $105 โ€ข Waste removal and skip hire: $105 โ€ข Signage and educational materials: $90 Thanks for reading all this. - Nadia
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Nadia

  1. Thank you all. We're at 34% now ($224). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 33% now ($214). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

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  • Piper T. Patel ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $100
  • Uma W. Somayajula ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $75

    โ€œHappy to help. Thought of Nadia all day after reading this. - Thaneโ€

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    โ€œEvery little bit. My cousin told me about this one. - Austinโ€

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  • Nadia Farah Radwan ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ยท $10
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  • Fernando S. Estrada๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝVerified donor
    Very responsive and caring

    Perfect example of someone making a real difference. They took time out of their busy schedule to help me and never made me feel like a burden.

  • Shefali Rina Alam๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณVerified donor
    Would recommend to anyone

    Perfect example of someone making a real difference. They took time out of their busy schedule to help me and never made me feel like a burden.

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    Made me feel heard

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    Perfect example of someone making a real difference. They took time out of their busy schedule to help me and never made me feel like a burden.

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  • Arslan Adnan Mirza

    projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Greetings from Patna

    • Xia Jing Xie

      You're not alone, Nadia. This could happen to any of us. Blessings.

      • Yun Li

        keep going, Nadia. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in!

        • Idowu Lilian Nwankwo

          Keep going. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Love from San Jose

          • Swati J. Agarwal

            Thinking of you and your family, Nadia. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We're a small family in San Sebastiรกn but we're thinking of you. All the best.

            • Zara Shaista Pasha

              thanks for sharing this, Nadia. Shared it with a few friends. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like

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