Skip to content
HelpBLESS
Join free
Browse needsPeopleFeedDonationsHow it worksPost a needSign in
MoneyEnvironment

Plant 4,700 native trees around Baobab Beach in Augusta

A neighborhood-led restoration of Baobab Beach needs $3,100 for saplings and equipment.

🇺🇸 United States1,198 views
Josephine M. Romero
Email verifiedAddress verified
Augusta
Baobab Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 89 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 152 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $3,100 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,800 • Tools and protective gear: $420 • Waste removal and skip hire: $790 • Signage and educational materials: $90 Every share and every dollar helps.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Josephine

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,060 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Quick update: $508 raised so far (16%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  3. Update from Augusta: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 14% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

Donations

RecentTop gifts
  • Mukesh B. Kushwaha 🇮🇳 · $7
  • Zoya Maryna Popov 🇺🇦 · $20
  • Lokesh F. Somayajula 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Waleed Saeed Habib 🇪🇬 · $5
  • Sathish T. Das 🇮🇳 · $146
  • Chiamaka Raji 🇳🇬 · $20
  • Thảo Minh Ha 🇻🇳 · $100

    “Be well. My cousin told me about this one. - Cần Thơ”

  • Jemima Mahama 🇬🇭 · $5
  • Kelly Sônia Rezende 🇧🇷 · $75
  • Devi B. Maharaj 🇿🇦 · $10
  • Charles Castro 🇨🇦 · $50

    “My neighbor told me about this one. - Québec”

  • Brian Carlson 🇺🇸 · $100

    “Rooting for you. From Brooklyn with love.”

  • Helena Wilk 🇵🇱 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $75

    “Good luck. Thought of Josephine all day after reading this. - Ann Arbor”

  • Wesley K. Rogers 🇨🇦 · $50
  • Mega Maya Pratama 🇮🇩 · $75
  • Luciana Amanda Nunes 🇧🇷 · $20
  • Anonymous 🇰🇷 · $10

    “Thought of Josephine all day after reading this. - Seoul”

  • Girish A. Solanki 🇮🇳 · $30
  • Raymond P. Fuller 🇬🇧 · $29.50

Reviews

Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.

No reviews yet.

Questions & comments

Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.

Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.

  • Rebecca B. Vargas

    Sending love, Josephine. Shared it with a few friends. Blessings

    • Malathi N. ReddyID verifiedPhoto verified

      Best of luck, Josephine. Hope this works out for you. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Blessings.

      • Solène Odette François

        Sending strength, Josephine. Hope this works out for you. God bless

        • Álvaro W. Cortés

          Good luck, Josephine. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Moscow.

          • Nina Monika Schröder

            Gave what I could, wish it was more. Sent it to 6 people at work. Love from Vitória da Conquista.

            • Tyler Whitaker

              Thanks for sharing this. Looking forward to the next update. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.

              • Arief Yoga PratamaPhoto verified

                you're not alone. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.

                $1,862.50 raised of $3,100

                Give

                More people who need help