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Restoring the Baobab hillside: a volunteer-led project in Gqeberha
Help us clean and replant the Baobab hillside before the February planting window closes.
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The Baobab hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This October, 30 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 189 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $600 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $140
• Native saplings and stakes: $360
• Waste removal and skip hire: $100
Thank you for reading my story.
- Yusuf
Updates from Yusuf
Small update. $178 so far, we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
15% there. I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. Thank you.
Quick update: $49 raised so far (8%). the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Payal C. Walia 🇳🇿 · $30
- Elena M. Rojas 🇪🇸 · $14
- Lourdes Cruz 🇺🇸 · $63.50
- Victoria J. Willis 🇺🇸 · $25
- Simiyu Tumusiime Bakari 🇺🇬 · $10
- Isla B. Quarles 🇺🇸 · $30
- Aline Débora Medeiros 🇧🇷 · $10
“Sending love. Only $10 but hope it helps. - São Paulo”
- Rotimi Babatunde Adeyemi 🇳🇬 · $39
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Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Gqeberha.