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Plant 3,200 native trees around the Acacia riverbank in Medellín

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

🇨🇴 050481, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia1,009 views
Mauricio D. Torres
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Medellín
The Acacia riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 88 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 94 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 $350 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $120 • Waste removal and skip hire: $200 • Signage and educational materials: $30 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.

Updates from Mauricio

  1. We're at 46% thanks to 6 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 39% now ($137). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 28% now ($97). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for waste removal and skip hire is now scheduled.

  • Quỳnh Huyền Trinh 🇻🇳 · $72
  • Gemma F. Ramos 🇵🇭 · $50

    “Blessings. Thought of Mauricio all day after reading this.”

  • Björn Hansson 🇸🇪 · $30
  • Rashmi R. Oberoi 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Ali Talha Malik 🇵🇰 · $20
  • Ian F. Bowers 🇬🇧 · $20
  • Mackenzie A. Knight 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Edilene Moraes 🇧🇷 · $10
  • Tomasz Maciej Michalak 🇵🇱 · $3

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  • Wishing you peace, Mauricio. More neighborhoods should do this. After 26 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything

    • Hope things get better soon. Hope you get there. I'm in public service myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Greetings from Marrakesh

      • stay strong, Mauricio. Shared it with a few friends. I'll check back for the next update. God bless.

        • Gave what I could, wish it was more. Put this on a community board in Springfield this morning. Blessings

          • Stay strong, Mauricio. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from New Delhi.

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