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Restoring the Baobab riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Duisburg
Volunteers are restoring the Baobab riverbank in Duisburg; $1,500 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Baobab riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 52 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 94 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 $1,500 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $730
• Signage and educational materials: $270
• Tools and protective gear: $500
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
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- Skylar N. Moran 🇺🇸 · $250
“I'm in Nashville, thinking of you.”
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- Kaito Hashimoto 🇯🇵 · $100
“God bless. Please keep us posted. - Tokyo”
- Snehal S. Shinde 🇮🇳 · $200
- Reagan P. Jones 🇺🇸 · $100
“Sending love. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Glendale”
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Efe.
The list at the bottom is the whole picture. native saplings and stakes is the biggest at $730. It helps to be asked.
Hang in there. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Put this on a community board in Kasarani this morning. Greetings from Kasarani.
Thinking of you and your family, Efe. Hope this works out for you. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Blessings.
Wishing you the best. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless.