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Plant 5,000 native trees around the Lotus canal in Warri

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Lotus canal needs $400 for saplings and equipment.

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Femi Femi Gbadamosi
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Warri
The Lotus canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 41 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 153 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 $400 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $165 • Tools and protective gear: $80 • Waste removal and skip hire: $105 • Signage and educational materials: $50 Thanks for being kind about this. - Femi
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Femi

  1. 47% there. the first invoice got paid this week. Thank you. - Femi

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 11% funded and the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled.

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