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

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Baobab hillside needs $1,100 for saplings and equipment.

🇸🇦 Mecca, Makkah, Saudi Arabia666 views
Yasir Samir Kamel
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Mecca
The Baobab hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 42 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 148 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 $1,100 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $560 • Signage and educational materials: $145 • Tools and protective gear: $395 I hope life is good to you. - Yasir

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