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Restoring the Baobab canal: a volunteer-led project in Oakland
Help us clean and replant the Baobab canal before the November planting window closes.
🇺🇸 California, United States1,051 views
The Baobab canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 67 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 150 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 $2,100 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $620
• Signage and educational materials: $95
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,385
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Everly
Updates from Everly
Thank you all. We're at 6% now ($135). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.
Update from Oakland: I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials. We're at 1% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Krit Pairoj Rattanakorn 🇹🇭 · $10
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $59
- Isaac Kayode Williams 🇳🇬 · $10
- Ye-eun Jung-hee Ryu 🇰🇷 · $100
“Stay strong. Small amount but sent with love. - Mapo”
- Mackenzie D. Jones 🇬🇧 · $20
- Anonymous 🇱🇰 · $5
“Good luck. I'm in Galle, thinking of you. - Galle”
- Andrew H. Rose 🇦🇺 · $10
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Keep going, Everly. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. All the best.
Rooting for you, Everly. Looking forward to the next update. Love from Bogor.
thinking of you and your family. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Cầu Giấy