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Restoring the Acacia wetland: a volunteer-led project in Nairobi
Help us clean and replant the Acacia wetland before the July planting window closes.
🇰🇪 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya709 views
The Acacia wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 78 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 191 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 $450 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $220
• Tools and protective gear: $50
• Waste removal and skip hire: $135
• Signage and educational materials: $45
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Updates from Kamau
Small update. $217 so far, I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
- Stephanie D. Ramirez 🇺🇸 · $50
- Ryan N. Smith 🇺🇸 · $50
- Rebecca Ross 🇬🇧 · $46
“Wishing you the best. I'm in London, thinking of you.”
- Selam Ayele 🇪🇹 · $39
“All the best. Only $39 but hope it helps. - Addis Ababa”
- Inna Zoya Vinogradov 🇺🇦 · $25
“Hope it all works out. From Odesa with love.”
- Nipa Nasrin Howlader 🇧🇩 · $25
- Jacob G. Craig 🇬🇧 · $25
- Ezekiel R. Ellis 🇬🇧 · $25
“Good luck. Thought of Kamau all day after reading this.”
- Titilayo Obiageli Oyelaran 🇳🇬 · $25
“You got this! - Asaba”
- Niels Sven Hendriks 🇳🇱 · $25
“Hope things get better. Hope the July deadline works out.”
- Ayaan D. Maurya 🇺🇸 · $20
“Gave what I could this week. - Lowell”
- Bunga Rani Pane 🇮🇩 · $16
“Wishing you the best. Been where you're, it gets better. - Jakarta”
- Nicolás P. Franco 🇲🇽 · $14
- Anita K. Bhatia 🇮🇳 · $10
- Sathish G. Sivakumar 🇮🇳 · $10
“Good luck! - Patna”
- Tanvi D. Bajpai 🇮🇳 · $10
- Ginevra Paola Mariani 🇮🇹 · $5
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Sending strength, Kamau. Hope this works out for you. Blessings