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Restoring Baobab Beach: a volunteer-led project in Contagem
Volunteers are restoring Baobab Beach in Contagem; $650 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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Baobab Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 54 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 114 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 $650 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $280
• Tools and protective gear: $105
• Waste removal and skip hire: $200
• Signage and educational materials: $65
If you're reading this, thank you.
- Sérgio
Updates from Sérgio
Quick update: $269 raised so far (41%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Dalia Fatima Hamdan 🇪🇬 · $194
- Declan R. Lewis 🇺🇸 · $51
- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $50
“All the best. Thought of Sérgio all day after reading this.”
- Mariko Kana Nishimura 🇯🇵 · $25
“Praying for you. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Tokyo”
- Trupti R. Deshmukh 🇮🇳 · $25
- Tharun T. Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 · $25
“God bless. Hope the December deadline works out. - Pune”
- Masaru Ren Yoshida 🇯🇵 · $10
“Hope this helps. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Tokyo”
- Janet Clark 🇺🇸 · $5
- Aditya Aditya Wardana 🇮🇩 · $5
“Thought of Sérgio all day after reading this. - Yogyakarta”
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