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Restoring the Baobab hillside: a volunteer-led project in Riyadh
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Baobab hillside needs $1,600 for saplings and equipment.
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The Baobab hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 76 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 119 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 $1,600 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $860
• Tools and protective gear: $230
• Waste removal and skip hire: $410
• Signage and educational materials: $100
Glad we found this place.
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Good luck, Yusuf. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Riyadh.
so sorry you're going through this. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My husband and I read this together.
Hope it all works out, Yusuf. More neighborhoods should do this
rooting for you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I'm in customer support myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Sending good thoughts, Yusuf. Hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
Praying for you, Yusuf. Shared it with a few friends. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Quezon City
Your post was clear and honest. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from San Jose.
Rooting for you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Hang in there, Yusuf. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to Mumbai so I could bring a meal. God bless.
Hang in there, Yusuf. Great idea, hope you get there. Thinking of Riyadh.
Praying for you. Looking forward to the next update. Put this on a community board in Lansing this morning. Love from Lansing
I hope things turn around soon. Love from Moscow.