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Plant 2,050 native trees around the Liberty wetland in Pretoria

Volunteers are restoring the Liberty wetland in Pretoria; $450 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇿🇦 Gauteng, South Africa1,042 views
Lerato G. Chetty
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Pretoria
The Liberty wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 118 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 132 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 $450 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $170 • Native saplings and stakes: $250 • Signage and educational materials: $30 Glad we found this place. - Lerato
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Lerato

  1. Update from Pretoria: I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. We're at 54% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 24% now ($110). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. - Lerato

  3. We're at 22% thanks to 3 of you. the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled. More news soon. - Lerato

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