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Plant 2,300 native trees around the Cedar canal in Rajshahi

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Cedar canal needs $300 for saplings and equipment.

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Faruk Jahid Uddin
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Rajshahi
The Cedar canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 105 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 103 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $300 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $35 • Waste removal and skip hire: $105 • Native saplings and stakes: $160 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
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Updates from Faruk

  1. Update from Rajshahi: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 109% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. 55% there. the first invoice got paid this week. Thank you. - Faruk

  3. Thank you all. We're at 48% now ($145). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

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  • Tuhin Pavel SenQuestion

    Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Faruk

    • Fikru Worku

      Sending good thoughts, Faruk. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I hope May is when things finally get easier.

      • Bukola Vivian IgweQuestion

        any update on how things are going in Rajshahi?

        • Giulia Veronica Giuliani

          wishing you peace, Faruk. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care.

          • Teresita J. Mabini

            Hope things get better soon. Shared it with a few friends. I went through something like this 12 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care

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