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Plant 2,100 native trees around the Unity riverbank in Makati

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Unity riverbank needs $200 for saplings and equipment.

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Vanessa G. Pascual
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Makati
The Unity riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This March, 78 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 116 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $200 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $60 • Waste removal and skip hire: $85 • Signage and educational materials: $55 Thanks for reading all this. - Vanessa
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 26% funded and the plan for waste removal and skip hire is now scheduled.

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    “You got this. Thought of Vanessa all day after reading this.”

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    “Thinking of you. Gave what I could this week. - Dwarka”

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  • Joon-woo Sun-woo Kim

    Sending strength. This could happen to any of us. I'm in social work myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.

    • Serenity P. McDaniel

      sending good thoughts, Vanessa. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Wish I lived closer to New Delhi so I could bring a meal. God bless.

      • Dinesh S. Joshi

        Praying for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings.

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