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Plant 1,300 native trees around Cedar Beach in Pune

Help us clean and replant Cedar Beach before the November planting window closes.

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Rony Rony Talukder
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Pune
Cedar Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 75 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 123 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $300 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $40 • Waste removal and skip hire: $60 • Native saplings and stakes: $200 I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support. - Rony
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Rony

  1. Update from Pune: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 48% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us. - Rony

  2. Quick update: $155 raised so far (52%). I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  3. Quick update: $162 raised so far (54%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Peter Ochieng Juma 🇰🇪 · $25

    “From my family to yours. Hope the November deadline works out. - Mombasa”

  • Harper L. Rios 🇺🇸 · $7
  • Anonymous 🇯🇵 · $10

    “Praying for you. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Sapporo”

  • Fernando Fernández 🇲🇽 · $10
  • Tatiana Larysa Zakharov 🇺🇦 · $135

    “From my family to yours. Only $135 but hope it helps. - Kyiv”

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  • Dustin S. Rowe

    Thanks for sharing this. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I went through something like this 10 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless.

    $187 raised of $300

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