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Clean water and shade for Ekurhuleni: restoring the Cedar riverbank

Volunteers are restoring the Cedar riverbank in Ekurhuleni; $350 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇿🇦 Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa1,742 views
Fiona J. Mazibuko
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Ekurhuleni
The Cedar riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 41 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 124 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $350 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $170 • Native saplings and stakes: $160 • Signage and educational materials: $20 If you're reading this, thank you.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Fiona

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 5% funded and I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

  2. 8% there. I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials. Thank you.

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  • Rebecca W. Campbell 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Florence Nyambura Mwende 🇹🇿 · $10
  • Elena K. García 🇲🇽 · $18

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  • John Paul W. Manalo

    Take care, Fiona. Looking forward to the next update. Blessings.

    • Anil E. Jain

      Wishing you peace, Fiona. Hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Chennai.

      • Gaurav E. Dhawan

        I hope things turn around soon. My neighbor in Colombo donated after I showed her your page. Blessings.

        • Emilia T. Scott

          Good luck. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. It's not much but it's yours.

          • Armando H. Vargas

            Hang in there, Fiona. Hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted. All the best

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