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Clean water and shade for São Paulo: restoring the Freedom hillside
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Freedom hillside needs $950 for saplings and equipment.
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil1,130 views
The Freedom hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This December, 115 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 156 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 $950 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $550
• Tools and protective gear: $160
• Waste removal and skip hire: $165
• Signage and educational materials: $75
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
Updates from Mateus
Good news. Because of your gifts ($456 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Mateus
- Vaibhav N. Patil 🇮🇳 · $25
- Ping Yang Xiao 🇺🇸 · $27
“I'm in Kansas City, thinking of you. - Kansas City”
- Cameron P. Vazquez 🇺🇸 · $10
- Lauren K. Powers 🇬🇧 · $20
“Hang in there. My neighbor told me about this one. - Manchester”
- Reiko Mio Fujimoto 🇯🇵 · $30
- Bilal Junaid Ismail 🇵🇰 · $20
- Divina Manalo 🇵🇭 · $10
- Silas K. Valdez 🇺🇸 · $20
- Sergio D. Guerrero 🇪🇸 · $50
- Simone Menard 🇫🇷 · $100
- Geetha H. Iyer 🇮🇳 · $10
“Thinking of you. Thought of Mateus all day after reading this. - Dwarka”
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $100
- Joseph S. Davidson 🇬🇧 · $10
- Everett Hunt 🇺🇸 · $25
“Hang in there. - Cambridge”
- Maverick P. Owens 🇺🇸 · $10
- Aaliyah N. Walsh 🇺🇸 · $25
- Min-ji Min-ji Heo 🇰🇷 · $100
- Anonymous 🇦🇷 · $20
“Only $20 but hope it helps. - Buenos Aires”
- Priscilla Patience Peprah 🇬🇭 · $56
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Hang in there, Mateus. Shared this with my family. Thinking of São Paulo
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Mateus?
Rooting for you. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My neighbor in Vadodara donated after I showed her your page. All the best
More neighborhoods should do this. We're a small family in Southampton but we're thinking of you
Hope things get better soon, Mateus. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money
Thinking of you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'm in farming myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you
It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Manila but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Manila.
Thinking of you and your family, Mateus. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Contagem.
Sending love, Mateus. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of São Paulo.
you're not alone, Mateus. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't give up. Take care.
Sending love, Mateus. More neighborhoods should do this. Blessings.
Hope it all works out, Mateus. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of São Paulo
hang in there, Mateus. Hope this works out for you. Thinking of São Paulo.