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Restoring Baobab Beach: a volunteer-led project in Warsaw

A neighborhood-led restoration of Baobab Beach needs $600 for saplings and equipment.

🇵🇱 Poland373 views
Igor Józef Olszewski
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Warsaw
Baobab Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 112 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 184 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $600 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $340 • Signage and educational materials: $40 • Native saplings and stakes: $220 With deep gratitude, Igor
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Igor

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($85 in total) I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($65 in total) the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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    “Praying for you. - Mthatha”

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    “Best of luck. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Thika”

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  • Emer G. McCarthy

    this could happen to any of us. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Warsaw!

    • Mustafa Hatem Taha

      Thanks for sharing this, Igor. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.

      • Parvati Nisha Aryal

        Best of luck. Your post was clear and honest. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Johannesburg

        • Ramon L. Abad

          Best of luck. I hope things turn around soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Greetings from Quezon City.

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