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Restoring Lotus Beach: a volunteer-led project in Nizamabad
Volunteers are restoring Lotus Beach in Nizamabad; $300 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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Lotus Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 80 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 62 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $300 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $120
• Tools and protective gear: $60
• Waste removal and skip hire: $100
• Signage and educational materials: $20
If you're reading this, thank you.
Updates from Yogesh
Small update. $295 so far, I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials.
We're at 65% thanks to 4 of you. we've started the first stage. More news soon. - Yogesh
Update from Nizamabad: we've started the first stage. We're at 50% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
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Hang in there, Yogesh. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Take care
Stay strong, Yogesh. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I'm in teaching myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Wishing you the best, Yogesh. This could happen to any of us. After 9 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless.
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Love from Caloocan.
You're not alone. Great idea, hope you get there. Thinking of Nizamabad