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Restoring Sycamore Beach: a volunteer-led project in Puebla
A neighborhood-led restoration of Sycamore Beach needs $650 for saplings and equipment.
🇲🇽 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico944 views
Sycamore Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 110 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 199 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $650 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $260
• Tools and protective gear: $110
• Waste removal and skip hire: $210
• Signage and educational materials: $70
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
Updates from Paula
60% there. the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled. Thank you.
Update from Puebla: I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. We're at 25% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $5
- Mustafa Saeed Nassar 🇸🇦 · $30
- Fatuma Aisha Urassa 🇰🇪 · $25
“Sending love. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Nairobi”
- Si-woo Ji-ho Kwak 🇰🇷 · $10
- Pankaj W. Jat 🇮🇳 · $15
- Derek D. Meyer 🇬🇧 · $50
“Blessings. Saw your post and had to give. - Newport”
- Vaibhav F. Gala 🇮🇳 · $50
“Thought of Paula all day after reading this. - Mumbai”
- Gayathri Babu 🇮🇳 · $30
“Sending love. Hope the December deadline works out. - Rohini”
- Anne Tess Van Dam 🇳🇱 · $25
- Genesis Cook 🇬🇧 · $71.50
- Rina Kartika Sutanto 🇮🇩 · $30
“Take care of yourselves. Thought of Paula all day after reading this. - Bekasi”
- Cristina E. Campos 🇺🇸 · $10
- André Sérgio Pacheco 🇧🇷 · $25
- Nova Murray 🇺🇸 · $19
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $79
“Be well - Newport”
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sending love, Paula. It takes guts to ask. Well done
rooting for you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My neighbor in Manchester donated after I showed her your page. Blessings.
hang in there. Gave what I could, wish it was more. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. All the best
Wishing you peace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. God bless