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Plant 839 native trees around the Freedom hillside in Howrah
Help us clean and replant the Freedom hillside before the October planting window closes.
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The Freedom hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 117 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 73 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $250 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $80
• Tools and protective gear: $55
• Waste removal and skip hire: $75
• Signage and educational materials: $40
If you're reading this, thank you.
- Sapna
Updates from Sapna
Update from Howrah: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 32% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Thank you all. We're at 20% now ($50). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled. - Sapna
- Philipp Kraus 🇩🇪 · $50
- Patrick N. Allen 🇺🇸 · $20
- Keerthana H. Iyer 🇮🇳 · $31
“Hope this helps. Been where you're, it gets better. - Udaipur”
- Hasan Faruk Hasan 🇮🇳 · $25
- Teresa W. Montes 🇺🇸 · $25
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keep going, Sapna. Shared it with a few friends. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Gwangju
Rooting for you, Sapna. This could happen to any of us. Love from Incheon.
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Munich.
wishing you the best. Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Howrah.
Sending good thoughts. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Southampton but we're thinking of you. Blessings!
Praying for you, Sapna. Shared it with a few friends. It's not much but it's yours.
Take care, Sapna. More neighborhoods should do this. After 29 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
hope it all works out, Sapna. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.
More neighborhoods should do this. Greetings from Gangnam.
Thinking of you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Seoul.