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Plant 1,300 native trees around the Baobab riverbank in Pretoria

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Baobab riverbank needs $450 for saplings and equipment.

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Gerhard N. Abrahams
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Pretoria
The Baobab riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 100 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 90 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $450 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $70 • Waste removal and skip hire: $75 • Native saplings and stakes: $305 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Gerhard

  1. Update from Pretoria: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 79% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 51% now ($231). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  3. Update from Pretoria: we've started the first stage. We're at 29% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Eva B. Andrews

    rooting for you, Gerhard. Your post was clear and honest. After 21 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from New Delhi

    • Duy Hoàng PhungQuestion

      Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Gerhard

      • Gerhard N. AbrahamsOwnerAnswer

        The list at the bottom is the whole picture. tools and protective gear is the biggest at $70. Thanks for asking.

    • Moin Ahmed Sandhu

      Hope it all works out, Gerhard. More neighborhoods should do this.

      • Huda Hana Sarkis

        Gave what I could, wish it was more. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. God bless

        $568.50 raised of $450

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