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Plant 2,800 native trees around the Union riverbank in Rajkot
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Union riverbank needs $300 for saplings and equipment.
🇮🇳 Rajkot, Gujarat, India1,025 views
The Union riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 67 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 75 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 $300 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $95
• Tools and protective gear: $50
• Waste removal and skip hire: $115
• Signage and educational materials: $40
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Chitra
Updates from Chitra
Thank you all. We're at 56% now ($167). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
Update from Rajkot: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 30% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Quick update: $65 raised so far (22%). I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Craig P. Johnston 🇬🇧 · $20
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $6
- Ngân Giang Diep 🇻🇳 · $30
- Frank Vincent Fosu 🇬🇭 · $16.50
“Every little bit. Only $17 but hope it helps. - Cape Coast”
- Santiago A. Lawrence 🇺🇸 · $10
- Crystal Le 🇬🇧 · $20
- Yong-jun Dae-hyun Cha 🇰🇷 · $25
- Paisley K. Norwood 🇦🇺 · $15
- Mansi S. Jain 🇮🇳 · $50
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take care, Chitra. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I went through something like this 12 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Rajkot!
Thank you. If you're in Rajkot I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks, that means a lot.
Thinking of you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. After 28 years in construction I know how hard it is to ask for anything. Take care
Hope it all works out. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Rajkot
Hope you get there. After 7 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Love from Scranton.
Hope things get better soon. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. All the best