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Plant 2,500 native trees around the Freedom wetland in Ikeja
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Freedom wetland needs $400 for saplings and equipment.
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The Freedom wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This March, 69 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 191 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 $400 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $220
• Tools and protective gear: $65
• Waste removal and skip hire: $85
• Signage and educational materials: $30
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
Updates from Peace
Thank you all. We're at 40% now ($160). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($85 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Peace
19% there. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Thank you.
- Ruby Garrett 🇺🇸 · $25
“Thought of Peace all day after reading this. - San Antonio”
- Fernando N. Sánchez 🇪🇸 · $50
“Happy to help. Hope the June deadline works out. - San Sebastián”
- Anonymous 🇪🇸 · $30
- Armando C. Guerrero 🇺🇸 · $45
“Hang in there. Hope the June deadline works out. - San Antonio”
- Reem Huda Abdallah 🇪🇬 · $10
- Tariq Qasim Hanif 🇵🇰 · $25
- Pankaj C. Nanda 🇮🇳 · $50
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how is Peace doing now?
Sending love, Peace. Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Ikeja.
Hope things get better soon. This could happen to any of us. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. God bless.
Take care, Peace. 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
hope it all works out. Hope you get there. We're a small family in Faisalabad but we're thinking of you.