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Plant 2,800 native trees around the Acacia wetland in 6th of October City

Help us clean and replant the Acacia wetland before the November planting window closes.

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Hala Zahra Belkacem
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6th of October City
The Acacia wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 64 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 119 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $350 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $115 • Native saplings and stakes: $180 • Tools and protective gear: $55 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Hala

Updates from Hala

  1. We're at 16% thanks to 3 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 9% funded and I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire.

  • Renata Zakrzewski 🇵🇱 · $50
  • Ezekiel R. Hansen 🇺🇸 · $25

    “From my family to yours. Been where you're, it gets better. - San Diego”

  • Trisha G. Perez 🇵🇭 · $25

    “You got this - Lapu-Lapu”

  • Babatunde Lanre Ibrahim 🇳🇬 · $6
  • Eko Candra Siregar 🇮🇩 · $5

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  • Any update on how things are going in 6th of October City?

    • You're not alone. More neighborhoods should do this. Thinking of 6th of October City

      • Take care, Hala. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Put this on a community board in Manila this morning. Blessings.

        • wishing you peace, Hala. I hope things turn around soon

          • Hope it all works out. I hope things turn around soon. We're a small family in Hồ Chí Minh City but we're thinking of you. All the best.

            • is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Hala!

              • Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. waste removal and skip hire comes first ($115) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid.

            • Gave what I could, wish it was more. It's not much but it's yours. Take care

              • Hope it all works out, Hala. Shared this with my family.

                • Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Medina

                  • Sending love, Hala. Great idea, hope you get there. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Love from Mbale

                    • hope it all works out, Hala. Looking forward to the next update. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.

                      • Best of luck. 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, Hala. It takes guts to ask. Well done. All the best

                          • sending good thoughts, Hala. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Eindhoven.

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