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Restoring the Baobab riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Dammam
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Baobab riverbank needs $850 for saplings and equipment.
🇸🇦 Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia1,184 views
The Baobab riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 60 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 173 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 $850 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $430
• Signage and educational materials: $130
• Tools and protective gear: $290
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Amira
Update from Dammam: I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. We're at 7% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
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- Rattapon Mongkol Panyarachun 🇹🇭 · $25
- Zoe Flores 🇺🇸 · $25
- Esperanza S. Mendoza 🇺🇸 · $50
- Ximena C. Richardson 🇨🇦 · $30
- Gashaw Zewdie 🇪🇹 · $20
“Thought of Amira all day after reading this. - Hawassa”
- Lucas R. Hayes 🇦🇺 · $5
“Every little bit. Only $5 but hope it helps. - Ballarat”
- Kendall J. Yates 🇦🇺 · $25
- Lorenzo C. Hernández 🇺🇸 · $10
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Wishing you the best, Amira. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Take care.
Sending love. Looking forward to the next update. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Sydney