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Restoring Jacaranda Creek: a volunteer-led project in Kinondoni
A neighborhood-led restoration of Jacaranda Creek needs $300 for saplings and equipment.
🇹🇿 Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania1,366 views
Jacaranda Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This October, 36 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 89 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 $300 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $150
• Tools and protective gear: $60
• Waste removal and skip hire: $50
• Signage and educational materials: $40
I hope life is good to you.
- Halima
Updates from Halima
We're at 61% thanks to 6 of you. I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials. More news soon.
- Laura Costa 🇮🇹 · $100
- Zara Humaira Awan 🇵🇰 · $75
“Sending love. Hope you get the rest soon. - Hyderabad”
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $36
- Manuela Tatiane Ferreira 🇧🇷 · $30
- Fernanda R. Urbina 🇦🇷 · $25
- Zenaida F. Aquino 🇵🇭 · $25
“Good luck. - Iloilo City”
- Crystal H. Ruiz 🇬🇧 · $23
- Aaron C. Davidson 🇦🇺 · $13
“All the best. - Newcastle”
- Sarah Lilian Kiptoo 🇰🇪 · $10
- Hatem Mustafa Yassin 🇺🇸 · $10
“Best of luck. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Greensboro”
- Ezekiel C. Daniels 🇬🇧 · $10
- Alexander Leonid Vinogradov 🇷🇺 · $10
- Eugene L. Munoz 🇺🇸 · $10
“Get well soon. - Toledo”
- Patrick T. Dixon 🇺🇸 · $5
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $5
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Hang in there, Halima. Hope you get there. Sent it to 24 people at work. Greetings from Pune
can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Kinondoni
Thank you. If you're in Kinondoni I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Appreciate you taking the time.
Keep going. Shared it with a few friends. I'll check back for the next update. Thinking of Kinondoni.
Wishing you the best, Halima. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier
More neighborhoods should do this. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Greetings from Lahore.
Praying for you, Halima. Hope this works out for you. Wish I lived closer to Naivasha so I could bring a meal. Greetings from San Jose.
Looking forward to the next update. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Nashik.
Hang in there. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Love from Tokyo!
Praying for you, Halima. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Tema.
Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of Kinondoni.
rooting for you, Halima. Shared it with a few friends. I'll check back for the next update. All the best
you're not alone, Halima. Shared this with my family. Sent it to 24 people at work.
Rooting for you, Halima. I hope things turn around soon. Thinking of Kinondoni.