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Clean water and shade for Lahore: restoring Pioneer Beach
Volunteers are restoring Pioneer Beach in Lahore; $300 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇵🇰 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan993 views
Pioneer Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 51 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 114 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the district council, 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: $185
• Tools and protective gear: $65
• Waste removal and skip hire: $40
• Signage and educational materials: $10
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
- Shaista
Updates from Shaista
Update from Lahore: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 55% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Quick update: $110 raised so far (37%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them. - Shaista
Thank you all. We're at 20% now ($60). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
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Hope things get better soon. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Blessings.
how is Shaista doing now?
You're not alone, Shaista. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Fort Worth
Your post was clear and honest. After 6 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care.
Wishing you peace, Shaista. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier.