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Plant 4,450 native trees around the Lotus wetland in Jeddah

Help us clean and replant the Lotus wetland before the December planting window closes.

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia1,706 views
Yasir Jamal Hegazy
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Jeddah
The Lotus wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 99 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 100 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 $1,150 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $360 • Native saplings and stakes: $630 • Signage and educational materials: $160 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people. - Yasir
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Yasir

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($579 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Update from Jeddah: I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. We're at 39% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Quick update: $176 raised so far (15%). the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Paula E. Treviño

    Wishing you the best, Yasir. Great idea, hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.

    • Zeeshan Omer HanifID verified

      good luck. Shared it with a few friends. I'm in social work myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. God bless.

      • Cynthia D. AndrewsAddress verified

        You're not alone, Yasir. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Fort Worth

        $924.50 raised of $1,150

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