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Plant 4,400 native trees around Maple Creek in Envigado

A neighborhood-led restoration of Maple Creek needs $600 for saplings and equipment.

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Francisco S. Rรญos
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Envigado
Maple Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 70 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 49 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the district council, 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 $600 goes: โ€ข Native saplings and stakes: $290 โ€ข Tools and protective gear: $125 โ€ข Waste removal and skip hire: $145 โ€ข Signage and educational materials: $40 Thanks for being kind about this. - Francisco

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  • Yves Serge Arnaud ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ยท $250

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  • Edward Kwasi Zakaria ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ ยท $160
  • Ethan Kรฉvin Mathieu ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยท $57

    โ€œOnly $57 but hope it helps. - Casablancaโ€

  • Faruk Rafiq Ahmed ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $50
  • Aravind G. Prabhu ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $46

    โ€œBlessings. Thought of Francisco all day after reading this. - Gayaโ€

  • Lorenzo K. Solรญs ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ ยท $27
  • Ahmed Ibrahim Lotfy ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ ยท $25
  • Sumaiya Sharmila Akter ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ ยท $25
  • Nuria B. Guerrero ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ ยท $25
  • Josephine H. Rojas ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $20

    โ€œThought of Francisco all day after reading this. - Los Angelesโ€

  • Leonardo B. Soto ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท ยท $15
  • Daniel G. Ruiz ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $15

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  • Fernando N. Escobar ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ ยท $11.50
  • Maria Nadia Vorobiev ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยท $10
  • Julia Wolff ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ยท $10
  • Zaid Yasir Siddiqui ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยท $5

    โ€œGood luck. - Marrakeshโ€

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