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Clean water and shade for Jabalpur: restoring Baobab Creek
A neighborhood-led restoration of Baobab Creek needs $350 for saplings and equipment.
🇮🇳 Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India2,021 views
Baobab Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 89 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 67 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:
• Signage and educational materials: $10
• Native saplings and stakes: $250
• Waste removal and skip hire: $90
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Mansi.
It's all in the list in the story. signage and educational materials is the big one at $10, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Appreciate you taking the time.
wishing you peace, Mansi. Hope you get there.
Rooting for you, Mansi. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. All the best
Wishing you the best. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Kanpur!
Wishing you the best. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless!
Sending love, Mansi. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Depok.
Hope things get better soon, Mansi. More neighborhoods should do this. I have a 16 year old who wants to send good wishes too. All the best.
Wishing you peace, Mansi. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Greetings from San Diego.
Wishing you peace, Mansi. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I'll check back for the next update.
wishing you peace, Mansi. More neighborhoods should do this. Blessings
Take care. Hope this works out for you. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from San Francisco
It takes guts to ask. Well done. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Ottawa.
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Jabalpur!
Shared it with a few friends. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Jabalpur.
Wishing you the best. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Los Angeles
I hope things turn around soon. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Amritsar.
Hope it all works out, Mansi. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I went through something like this 10 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless.
Shared this with my family. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Lexington.
Sending love, Mansi. Shared it with a few friends. After 28 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. All the best
so sorry you're going through this, Mansi. Shared it with a few friends. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
Hope things get better soon, Mansi. Great idea, hope you get there. Blessings
Hope it all works out. More neighborhoods should do this. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings.
Keep going, Mansi. More neighborhoods should do this. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Blessings.
praying for you. I hope things turn around soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Jabalpur.
Stay strong. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Jabalpur.
Hope things get better soon, Mansi. More neighborhoods should do this