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Restoring the Baobab riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Pretoria

Volunteers are restoring the Baobab riverbank in Pretoria; $600 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇿🇦 Gauteng, South Africa555 views
Aisha C. Buthelezi
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Pretoria
The Baobab riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 71 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 75 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $600 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $185 • Tools and protective gear: $155 • Waste removal and skip hire: $175 • Signage and educational materials: $85 Thank you so much.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  • Benjamin L. Dixon

    Stay strong, Aisha. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Blessings.

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