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Plant 805 native trees around the Union hillside in Kraków

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Union hillside needs $1,150 for saplings and equipment.

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Alicja Iwona Pietrzak
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Kraków
The Union hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This October, 59 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 76 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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: • Native saplings and stakes: $600 • Tools and protective gear: $100 • Waste removal and skip hire: $380 • Signage and educational materials: $70 Thank you so much.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Alicja

  1. Small update. $244 so far, the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 15% funded and I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear.

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    “Best of luck. Hope the January deadline works out. - Athens”

  • Harper D. Myers 🇺🇸 · $30

    “Be well. Thought of Alicja all day after reading this. - Macon”

  • Mia R. Yang 🇺🇸 · $30
  • Yasir Nasser Habib 🇪🇬 · $25

    “Blessings. Thought of Alicja all day after reading this.”

  • Anonymous 🇸🇦 · $25

    “Thought of Alicja all day after reading this. - Medina”

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    “Hang in there. I'm in Karachi, thinking of you. - Karachi”

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  • Caroline Amani Kimaro 🇺🇬 · $17

    “Wish I could do more. My sister told me about this one. - Kampala”

  • Ecrin Seda Arslan 🇹🇷 · $16.50

    “Wishing you the best. My cousin told me about this one. - Çankaya”

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    “Keep your head up. Thought of Alicja all day after reading this. - Entebbe”

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  • Rafiq Saif IslamID verified

    Hope it all works out, Alicja. Looking forward to the next update. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Los Angeles.

    • Madeline F. WarrenQuestion

      How is Alicja doing now?

      • Nenita G. Ramos

        Hope things get better soon, Alicja. I hope things turn around soon. My neighbor in Málaga donated after I showed her your page

        • Lina Lange

          Take care. Shared this with my family. I hope January is when things finally get easier.

          • Nimra Tayyaba Rehman

            Wishing you the best, Alicja. Great idea, hope you get there. I have a 7 year old who wants to send good wishes too. God bless.

            • Hellen Adhiambo Mutua

              Wishing you the best. More neighborhoods should do this. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care

              • Pallavi M. Joshi

                Looking forward to the next update. Put this on a community board in Gazipur this morning.

                • Laxman Raju JoshiAddress verified

                  Sending love, Alicja. Shared this with my family.

                  • Delilah W. Medina

                    Thanks for sharing this. More neighborhoods should do this. I'll check back for the next update.

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