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Restoring Freedom Creek: a volunteer-led project in Ikeja

Help us clean and replant Freedom Creek before the October planting window closes.

🇳🇬 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria1,107 views
Victor Godwin Ibrahim
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Ikeja
Freedom Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 73 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 41 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $400 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $260 • Tools and protective gear: $35 • Waste removal and skip hire: $95 • Signage and educational materials: $10 Thanks for reading all this. - Victor
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Victor

  1. Update from Ikeja: I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear. We're at 39% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Quick update: $69 raised so far (17%). I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  3. 9% there. the first invoice got paid this week. Thank you. - Victor

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    “Thought of Victor all day after reading this. - Essen”

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  • Emily W. Cortez 🇺🇸 · $9
  • Zoey H. Austin 🇺🇸 · $5

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4.0(3 reviews)

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  • Kidus Daniel Melaku🇪🇹Verified donor
    Very responsive and caring

    This is what community support looks like. They didn't just offer generic advice; they provided personalized help tailored to my specific situation.

  • Panagiotis Alexandros Panagiotopoulos🇬🇷Verified donor
    Exactly what I needed

    This is the kind of person who restores your faith in humanity. They didn't just offer help; they genuinely cared about my wellbeing and followed through on every commitment.

  • Viktor Stepan Bondarenko🇷🇺Verified donor
    Made a real difference

    This is what community support looks like. They didn't just offer generic advice; they provided personalized help tailored to my specific situation.

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  • Samuel R. Pangilinan

    sending strength, Victor. Hope this works out for you. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless.

    $341 raised of $400

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