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Restoring Harmony Creek: a volunteer-led project in Addis Ababa
Help us clean and replant Harmony Creek before the December planting window closes.
🇪🇹 Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia2,016 views
Harmony Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 119 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 87 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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:
• Signage and educational materials: $30
• Native saplings and stakes: $150
• Waste removal and skip hire: $70
Thanks for reading all this.
- Mulu
Updates from Mulu
Small update. $223 so far, we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
- Víctor J. Macías 🇺🇸 · $50
“Sending love - Joliet”
- Anonymous 🇳🇵 · $50
“Wishing you the best. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Kathmandu”
- Meet F. Naik 🇮🇳 · $34
- Annabelle C. Rivers 🇺🇸 · $51.50
“Take care of yourselves - Peoria”
- Sadie K. Henderson 🇺🇸 · $100
“Best of luck. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Phoenix”
- Okta Utami Permana 🇮🇩 · $112.50
“Take care of yourselves. Hope the December deadline works out. - Bekasi”
- Siri Lindqvist 🇸🇪 · $10
“You got this. My mother told me about this one. - Södertälje”
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Hang in there, Mulu. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Take care
You're not alone, Mulu. More neighborhoods should do this. I have a 5 year old who wants to send good wishes too.
How is Mulu doing now?
more neighborhoods should do this. I have a 10 year old who wants to send good wishes too.
Good luck, Mulu. Looking forward to the next update.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Mulu.
Signage and educational materials is $30 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Let me know if you want more detail.
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Addis Ababa
thanks for sharing this. Hope this works out for you. After 19 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Addis Ababa.
is there anything that isn't money that would help Mulu?
Thank you. If you're in Addis Ababa I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Let me know if you want more detail.
Sending love. Shared it with a few friends. Please keep us posted. Blessings
Sending love. Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
More neighborhoods should do this. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Uberlândia.
Stay strong, Mulu. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. All the best.
take care. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in
Sending love, Mulu. I hope things turn around soon. I'm in teaching myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you
Good luck, Mulu. This could happen to any of us.