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Restoring Maple Beach: a volunteer-led project in Mérida
A neighborhood-led restoration of Maple Beach needs $850 for saplings and equipment.
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Maple Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This March, 117 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 95 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 $850 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $590
• Tools and protective gear: $75
• Waste removal and skip hire: $155
• Signage and educational materials: $30
Thanks for being kind about this.
Updates from Jorge
Update from Mérida: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 65% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Thank you all. We're at 8% now ($65). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes.
- Sibel Ecrin Çakır 🇹🇷 · $5
- Vikash H. Tshabalala 🇿🇦 · $20
- Orlando B. Magsaysay 🇵🇭 · $100
- Sylvie Camille Lemoine 🇫🇷 · $250
- Joko Imam Permana 🇮🇩 · $40
“Hope things get better. Thought of Jorge all day after reading this. - Jakarta Selatan”
- Ruth F. Hopkins 🇬🇧 · $100
- Bhavna G. Apte 🇮🇳 · $55
- Jakob Lehmann 🇩🇪 · $10
“You got this. My brother told me about this one. - Düsseldorf”
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praying for you, Jorge. Shared this with my family. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.