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Plant 1,400 native trees around Unity Beach in Bogotá
Volunteers are restoring Unity Beach in Bogotá; $850 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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Unity Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 36 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 148 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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 $850 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $420
• Tools and protective gear: $190
• Waste removal and skip hire: $165
• Signage and educational materials: $75
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
- Gabriela
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Wishing you peace, Gabriela. Hope this works out for you. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry