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Clean water and shade for Karachi: restoring Sycamore Creek
Volunteers are restoring Sycamore Creek in Karachi; $300 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇵🇰 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan1,277 views
Sycamore Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 81 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 184 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $300 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $120
• Tools and protective gear: $45
• Waste removal and skip hire: $100
• Signage and educational materials: $35
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
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Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Ikeja.
Thinking of you, Bushra. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. All the best.
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Shared this with my family. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Karachi.
Wishing you peace, Bushra. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.