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Restoring Cedar Beach: a volunteer-led project in Nairobi
Help us clean and replant Cedar Beach before the November planting window closes.
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Cedar Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 42 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 52 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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:
• Tools and protective gear: $40
• Waste removal and skip hire: $45
• Native saplings and stakes: $165
Thanks for being kind about this.
Updates from Wafula
Quick update: $25 raised so far (10%). I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Small update. $25 so far, I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
Quick update: $10 raised so far (4%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Anjali P. Bajpai 🇮🇳 · $10
- Oskar Emil Schreiber 🇩🇪 · $15
“Thought of Wafula all day after reading this. - Cologne”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
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Great idea, hope you get there. After 22 years in public service I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Thinking of you and your family, Wafula. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.
Wishing you peace. More neighborhoods should do this. Sent it to 21 people at work. Take care.
Sending good thoughts, Wafula. Gave what I could, wish it was more. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Nairobi.
wishing you peace, Wafula. Shared this with my family.