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Plant 2,650 native trees around the Baobab wetland in Santos

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Baobab wetland needs $750 for saplings and equipment.

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Luís Henrique Bezerra
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Santos
The Baobab wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 34 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 165 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 $750 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $540 • Tools and protective gear: $165 • Signage and educational materials: $45 Every share and every dollar helps. - Luís
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Luís

  1. Thank you all. We're at 38% now ($286). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

  2. Quick update: $40 raised so far (5%). I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them. - Luís

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    “Hope the June deadline works out. - Niterói”

  • Gustavo Daniel Cunha 🇧🇷 · $50
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    “Stay strong. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Montréal”

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  • Jocelyn D. West 🇺🇸 · $10

    “Praying for you. I'm in Fort Worth, thinking of you. - Fort Worth”

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  • Amaka Amaka Mba

    best of luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I have a 8 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Take care

    • Dinesh Anil Sharma

      Hope things get better soon, Luís. This could happen to any of us. Take care

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