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Restoring the Acacia canal: a volunteer-led project in Biratnagar

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Acacia canal needs $300 for saplings and equipment.

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Narayan Roshan Poudel
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Biratnagar
The Acacia canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 81 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 185 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: $195 • Tools and protective gear: $30 • Waste removal and skip hire: $30 • Signage and educational materials: $45 Every share and every dollar helps. - Narayan

Updates from Narayan

  1. Quick update: $35 raised so far (12%). I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. We're at 3% thanks to 1 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.

  • Hanna Eliasson 🇸🇪 · $22

    “Hope things get better. Thought of Narayan all day after reading this.”

  • Kirill Gleb Antonov 🇷🇺 · $100

    “Rooting for you. I'm in Saint Petersburg, thinking of you. - Saint Petersburg”

  • Evans Odhiambo Temba 🇰🇪 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇿🇦 · $10

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  • Is there anything that isn't money that would help Narayan?

    • Thank you. If you're in Biratnagar I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. I'll keep the page updated.

  • I hope things turn around soon. I hope August is when things finally get easier. Love from Ann Arbor.

    • Orville DixonID verified

      Hope it all works out, Narayan. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Put this on a community board in Shinjuku this morning. Blessings.

      • Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Love from Gliwice.

        • Hope things get better soon. More neighborhoods should do this. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Biratnagar.

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