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Plant 4,750 native trees around the Liberty riverbank in Thủ Đức

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Liberty riverbank needs $300 for saplings and equipment.

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Hùng Bảo Mai
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The Liberty riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This March, 70 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 164 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 $300 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $60 • Native saplings and stakes: $140 • Tools and protective gear: $100 Thank you for reading my story. - Hùng

Updates from Hùng

  1. Small update. $180 so far, I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes.

  2. We're at 60% thanks to 4 of you. I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. More news soon.

  3. Quick update: $60 raised so far (20%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  • Anum Zoya Aslam 🇵🇰 · $100
  • Kirit E. Soni 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Samina Samina Rana 🇵🇰 · $50
  • Aarti S. Thakur 🇮🇳 · $37

    “Rooting for you. Hope you get the rest soon. - Vadodara”

  • Mohammad Pavel Sarker 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Cora D. Barnes 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Marta D. Ochoa 🇺🇸 · $10

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  • Sending strength. I hope things turn around soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Salerno.

    • Kinsley C. HudsonAddress verified

      Take care. Shared it with a few friends. I hope June is when things finally get easier. Love from Sacramento.

      • Rachel K. TshabalalaID verifiedPhoto verified

        Hope things get better soon. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Yonkers

        • Wishing you peace, Hùng. Shared this with my family. I went through something like this 14 years ago and strangers helped me out. Blessings!

          • Wishing you peace, Hùng. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Please keep us posted. God bless.

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