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Restoring the Acacia riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Birmingham
Help us clean and replant the Acacia riverbank before the December planting window closes.
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom1,462 views
The Acacia riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 49 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 160 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $1,450 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $790
• Tools and protective gear: $420
• Signage and educational materials: $240
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Elijah
Updates from Elijah
Thank you all. We're at 45% now ($649). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.
We're at 16% thanks to 9 of you. the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled. More news soon.
- Angelica D. Cruz 🇵🇭 · $5
- Gabriela Josiane Teixeira 🇧🇷 · $500
- Folake Temitope Akinwale 🇳🇬 · $15
- Lucky Chinedu Ekwueme 🇳🇬 · $50
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $15
- Valerio Luigi Fontana 🇮🇹 · $200
- Ashok J. Rajput 🇮🇳 · $50
- Nadia Ines Khalil 🇪🇬 · $10
- Fatima Hina Raza 🇵🇰 · $15
- Fernando C. Ochoa 🇲🇽 · $200
- Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $10
- Imran Kamran Lodhi 🇵🇰 · $100
- Ikenna Jide Coker 🇳🇬 · $25
- Nasrin Fatema Kabir 🇧🇩 · $30
- Esther Hauwa Zakari 🇳🇬 · $30
“Take care of yourselves. Only $30 but hope it helps. - Nnewi”
- Antonio H. Ibáñez 🇺🇸 · $25
- Isabelle D. Kelley 🇬🇧 · $10
“Best of luck. My sister told me about this one. - Leeds”
- Bruna Francisca Nunes 🇧🇷 · $10
- Jayanthi C. Iyer 🇮🇳 · $100
- Julian D. Hopkins 🇺🇸 · $30
“God bless. Thought of Elijah all day after reading this. - San Francisco”
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Thanks for sharing this. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Blessings.
Hope you get there. After 16 years in logistics I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Love from Bangkok
stay strong. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My husband and I read this together.
Wishing you peace. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Blessings.
Rooting for you, Elijah. Looking forward to the next update. All the best.
your post was clear and honest. I hope December is when things finally get easier