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Clean water and shade for Juazeiro do Norte: restoring Union Beach

A neighborhood-led restoration of Union Beach needs $650 for saplings and equipment.

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Bruna Rosângela Oliveira
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Juazeiro do Norte
Union Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 99 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 109 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 $650 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $185 • Tools and protective gear: $180 • Waste removal and skip hire: $240 • Signage and educational materials: $45 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure. - Bruna
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Bruna

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 86% funded and the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled.

  2. Quick update: $502 raised so far (77%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($200 in total) I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Bruna

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    “Happy to help. My mother told me about this one. - Iloilo City”

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    “God bless. Hope the October deadline works out. - Manchester”

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    “Thought of Bruna all day after reading this. - Cologne”

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    “Thought of Bruna all day after reading this. - Onitsha”

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    “Best of luck. Thought of Bruna all day after reading this.”

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  • Shinji Yamazaki

    So sorry you're going through this. I hope things turn around soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Dallas.

    • Malathi H. Rajan

      Shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in Alcalá de Henares this morning

      • Justine Léa Remy

        Thinking of you and your family, Bruna. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.

        • Ruth Keller

          Wishing you peace, Bruna. Great idea, hope you get there.

          • Eun-woo Min-ho Park

            Stay strong, Bruna. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I hope October is when things finally get easier. God bless.

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