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Restoring Jacaranda Creek: a volunteer-led project in Freiburg

A neighborhood-led restoration of Jacaranda Creek needs $1,850 for saplings and equipment.

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Cansu Leyla Yalçın
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Freiburg
Jacaranda Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 45 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 43 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 $1,850 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,250 • Tools and protective gear: $195 • Waste removal and skip hire: $250 • Signage and educational materials: $155 Thanks for reading all this.

Updates from Cansu

  1. 34% there. I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials. Thank you.

  2. Update from Freiburg: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 20% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Sending strength, Cansu. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care

    • Wishing you peace. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We're a small family in Wollongong but we're thinking of you. God bless.

      • Khánh Linh PhamID verified

        Rooting for you, Cansu. More neighborhoods should do this

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