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Plant 3,600 native trees around the Cedar canal in Luxor

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Cedar canal needs $365 for saplings and equipment.

🇪🇬 Luxor, Luxor, Egypt1,585 views
Idris Ahmed Shaker
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Luxor
The Cedar canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 82 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 187 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $365 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $175 • Tools and protective gear: $115 • Waste removal and skip hire: $70 • Signage and educational materials: $5 If you're reading this, thank you.

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  • reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Wish I lived closer to Richards Bay so I could bring a meal. Take care

    • Thinking of you and your family, Idris. Looking forward to the next update.

      • hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. It's not much but it's yours. Blessings.

        • Good luck, Idris. Shared this with my family. After 12 years in nursing I know how hard it is to ask for anything

          • Best of luck, Idris. This could happen to any of us. Love from Narayanganj.

            • thinking of you and your family, Idris. This could happen to any of us. Sent it to 8 people at work. Love from Wrocław

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