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Clean water and shade for Mangaluru: restoring the Liberty hillside

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Liberty hillside needs $450 for saplings and equipment.

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The Liberty hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 43 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 79 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $450 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $300 • Tools and protective gear: $40 • Waste removal and skip hire: $80 • Signage and educational materials: $30 Thank you for reading my story.

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Update from Mangaluru: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 36% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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