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Clean water and shade for Jeddah: restoring Jacaranda Creek
Volunteers are restoring Jacaranda Creek in Jeddah; $700 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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Jacaranda Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 112 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 146 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 $700 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $280
• Signage and educational materials: $110
• Tools and protective gear: $310
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
Updates from Ines
Thank you all. We're at 16% now ($110). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
Update from Jeddah: we've started the first stage. We're at 16% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($30 in total) I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Dolores Teresa Arias 🇦🇷 · $75
“God bless. Gave what I could this week. - Córdoba”
- Gabriel D. Mendoza 🇺🇸 · $80
- Lydia B. Carroll 🇺🇸 · $50
“Good luck. Hope the October deadline works out. - Cambridge”
- Cameron F. Day 🇺🇸 · $10
- Maria E. Stevens 🇺🇸 · $30
- Sachin G. Malhotra 🇦🇺 · $50
“Every little bit. - Townsville”
- Paloma F. Hernández 🇺🇸 · $5
- Sundar G. Nair 🇮🇳 · $25
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Best of luck, Ines. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry
thinking of you, Ines. Hope this works out for you.
Thinking of you, Ines. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.
Great idea, hope you get there. After 25 years in public service I know how hard it's to ask for anything!