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Clean water and shade for Epe: restoring the Jacaranda canal
Volunteers are restoring the Jacaranda canal in Epe; $250 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇳🇬 Epe, Lagos, Nigeria1,167 views
The Jacaranda canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 76 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 190 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $250 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $65
• Tools and protective gear: $45
• Waste removal and skip hire: $95
• Signage and educational materials: $45
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
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- Alice H. Gonzales 🇺🇸 · $10
“Happy to help. Hope you get the rest soon. - Syracuse”
- Ahmed L. Adams 🇿🇦 · $69.50
- Irfan Khalid Mughal 🇵🇰 · $44.50
“Blessings. Thought of Khadija all day after reading this.”
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“Praying for you. Gave what I could this week. - Hamilton”
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- Shirley S. Barnes 🇬🇧 · $25
- Saoirse K. MacDonald 🇮🇪 · $10
- Akinyi Irene Kariuki 🇰🇪 · $10
“Hope this helps. Hope you get the rest soon. - Likoni”
- Łukasz Tadeusz Krawczyk 🇵🇱 · $75
- Joshua P. Reyes 🇵🇭 · $25
- Anonymous 🇫🇷 · $15
“From my family to yours. I'm in Strasbourg, thinking of you. - Strasbourg”
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Best of luck, Khadija. Looking forward to the next update. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
so sorry you're going through this. Hope you get there. Love from Varanasi.
More neighborhoods should do this. It's not much but it's yours. All the best.
Hang in there. Shared it with a few friends. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Québec
Wishing you the best, Khadija. Your post was clear and honest. My neighbor in Paris donated after I showed her your page.