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Plant 3,600 native trees around the Baobab wetland in Ciudad de México

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

🇲🇽 Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico1,937 views
Alejandro A. Morales
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Ciudad de México
The Baobab wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 94 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 63 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 $750 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $80 • Waste removal and skip hire: $310 • Native saplings and stakes: $360 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people. - Alejandro
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Alejandro

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($469 in total) I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Update from Ciudad de México: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 42% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Quick update: $142 raised so far (19%). the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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    “From my family to yours. Hope you get the rest soon. - Bergamo”

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    “Hope this helps. Thought of Alejandro all day after reading this. - Aurora”

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    “Get well soon. Thought of Alejandro all day after reading this. - Pasig”

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  • Anh Thủy Tieu

    Sending good thoughts, Alejandro. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Blessings.

    • Hari Pawan Ghimire

      Good luck. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.

      • Rashmi W. Gupta

        Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Lucknow

        • Anderson Sérgio Borges

          I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Cairo.

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