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Clean water and shade for Laredo: restoring the Jacaranda hillside
Help us clean and replant the Jacaranda hillside before the November planting window closes.
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The Jacaranda hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 110 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 45 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $1,550 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $510
• Tools and protective gear: $310
• Waste removal and skip hire: $640
• Signage and educational materials: $90
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Shared this with my family. Wish I lived closer to Accra so I could bring a meal
Wishing you the best. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Blessings!
Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Laredo.
so sorry you're going through this. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Laredo.
Hang in there, Ruby. More neighborhoods should do this.
hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Angeles.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't give up. Greetings from Tokyo
Hope things get better soon. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Greetings from Rawalpindi.
Praying for you, Ruby. Looking forward to the next update. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
Praying for you, Ruby. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. All the best.
You're not alone. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Take care.
stay strong, Ruby. Hope this works out for you. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
Best of luck, Ruby. Looking forward to the next update. Wish I lived closer to Makati so I could bring a meal
Hope it all works out, Ruby. Hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.