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Plant 2,800 native trees around Unity Beach in Alicante

A neighborhood-led restoration of Unity Beach needs $1,300 for saplings and equipment.

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Mateo D. Fernández
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Alicante
Unity Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 50 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 199 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $1,300 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $150 • Tools and protective gear: $390 • Native saplings and stakes: $760 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.

Updates from Mateo

  1. Thank you all. We're at 31% now ($405). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  2. 20% there. we've started the first stage. Thank you. - Mateo

  3. Quick update: $102 raised so far (8%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  • Chalida Nittaya Srisai 🇹🇭 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $75
  • Harold F. Lambert 🇦🇺 · $10
  • Zuzanna Dorota Sikorski 🇵🇱 · $100

    “Good luck. My brother told me about this one. - Gdańsk”

  • Jacob N. Lopez 🇬🇧 · $5
  • Sara Asma Naguib 🇪🇬 · $30

    “All the best. Saw your post and had to give. - Giza”

  • Joaquín F. Duarte 🇦🇷 · $59

    “Thought of Mateo all day after reading this. - Buenos Aires”

  • Francisco M. Salazar 🇨🇴 · $30
  • Nora G. Edwards 🇬🇧 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $25

    “Sending love. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Gujranwala”

  • Sebastian Shelton 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Otieno Mukasa Kipchoge 🇰🇪 · $14
  • Antônia Aparecida Pereira 🇧🇷 · $5

    “Thought of Mateo all day after reading this. - Rio de Janeiro”

  • Angel E. Carroll 🇬🇧 · $100
  • Sylvie Valérie Marty 🇫🇷 · $50

    “Hope this helps. Please keep us posted. - Marseille”

  • Liza W. Soriano 🇵🇭 · $41.50
  • Ángel T. Hernández 🇦🇷 · $10

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  • Vani P. Meena🇮🇳Verified donor
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  • Denise H. ChambersPhoto verified

    Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Negombo.

    • hope it all works out. Hope you get there. Love from Lagos.

      • Good luck, Mateo. Looking forward to the next update

        • Sending strength, Mateo. Your post was clear and honest.

          • Sending love. More neighborhoods should do this. Put this on a community board in Ikeja this morning. Blessings.

            • wishing you the best, Mateo. Looking forward to the next update

              • Rooting for you. Hope you get there. After 13 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care.

                • Ana R. GalindoVerified organization

                  Gave what I could, wish it was more. My neighbor in Memphis donated after I showed her your page. God bless

                  $614.50 raised of $1,300

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