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Plant 1,400 native trees around the Union hillside in Quezon City

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Union hillside needs $350 for saplings and equipment.

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines1,031 views
Rey H. Magsaysay
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Quezon City
The Union hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 112 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 160 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 $350 goes: โ€ข Tools and protective gear: $60 โ€ข Waste removal and skip hire: $85 โ€ข Native saplings and stakes: $205 Thanks for reading all this.

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  • Min-seo Sun-hee Oh ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $10

    โ€œThought of Rey all day after reading this. - Raleighโ€

  • Madelyn H. Jordan ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ยท $25
  • Zeeshan Bilal Pasha ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ ยท $5
  • Ren Daisuke Sugiyama ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ยท $10
  • Dayo Chukwuemeka Ogunleye ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ ยท $10
  • Segun Nnamdi Adeyemi ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ ยท $5
  • Lucรญa S. Nava ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $100

    โ€œYou got this. Thought of Rey all day after reading this.โ€

  • Barry L. MacMahon ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ยท $50
  • Kevin C. Nkosi ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยท $13

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  • Praying for you. I hope things turn around soon. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Take care.

    • This could happen to any of us. Wish I lived closer to Ho so I could bring a meal.

      • Stay strong, Rey. Your post was clear and honest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Blessings

        • Dayo Ibrahim HassanPhoto verified

          hope things get better soon, Rey. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I have a 13 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Blessings

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