MoneyEnvironmentUrgent

Restoring the Baobab hillside: a volunteer-led project in Kobe

Volunteers are restoring the Baobab hillside in Kobe; $1,950 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇯🇵 Hyogo, Japan1,523 views

Email verified

Kobe

The Baobab hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 88 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 118 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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 $1,950 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $660 • Signage and educational materials: $185 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,105 Glad we found this place.

#environment #tree-planting #cleanup

Updates from Sota

Thank you all. We're at 22% now ($436). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
Quick update: $376 raised so far (19%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($89 in total) the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Sota

Donations

Recent Top gifts

Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
“Hope this helps. Thought of Sota all day after reading this. - Oakland”
Maryna Elena Novikov 🇺🇦 · $5
Edilene Renata Rocha 🇧🇷 · $10
Kunal H. Luthra 🇺🇸 · $10
Gilbert J. Alcantara 🇺🇸 · $10
Alexa G. Weber 🇺🇸 · $75
Fiona F. Pienaar 🇿🇦 · $25
Ximena Miranda 🇨🇦 · $5
Julieta T. Vásquez 🇲🇽 · $20
Zawadi Faith Tembo 🇹🇿 · $25
Uche Fatima Adeyemi 🇳🇬 · $25
Keith D. Mendez 🇺🇸 · $10
Jéssica Cristiane Freitas 🇧🇷 · $5
“Be well. Shared with friends too. - Curitiba”
Carmela Salazar 🇵🇭 · $10
Dewi Siti Hutapea 🇮🇩 · $10
Herman D. Martinez 🇵🇭 · $78
“You got this. Hope the August deadline works out. - Manila”
Allison Li 🇺🇸 · $100
Mulu Mulu Wolde 🇪🇹 · $17
Julian Vega 🇺🇸 · $92
Anonymous 🇨🇴 · $43.50

Reviews

Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.

No reviews yet.

Questions & comments

Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.

Lúcia Lopes
Thanks for sharing this, Sota. Shared it with a few friends. God bless
Vivian Shelton
Hope it all works out, Sota. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier

More people who need help