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Plant 2,150 native trees around the Lotus hillside in Catania
Help us clean and replant the Lotus hillside before the January planting window closes.
🇮🇹 Catania, Sicily, Italy1,126 views
The Lotus hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This October, 80 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 137 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 $1,100 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $460
• Tools and protective gear: $170
• Waste removal and skip hire: $390
• Signage and educational materials: $80
With deep gratitude,
Valentina
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Take care, Valentina. This could happen to any of us. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Catania
Thinking of you and your family, Valentina. More neighborhoods should do this. Please keep us posted. God bless
You're not alone, Valentina. Your post was clear and honest. Please keep us posted. Take care.
Take care, Valentina. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My husband and I read this together.
So sorry you're going through this, Valentina. This could happen to any of us. Take care.
thinking of you, Valentina. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.
take care, Valentina. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. God bless.
Good luck, Valentina. Your post was clear and honest.
Thinking of you, Valentina. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Please keep us posted.
I hope things turn around soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Love from Mumbai.
Sending strength. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Cần Thơ but we're thinking of you!
Hope things get better soon, Valentina. Great idea, hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Catania