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Restoring the Baobab riverbank: a volunteer-led project in San Cristóbal de las Casas
Volunteers are restoring the Baobab riverbank in San Cristóbal de las Casas; $650 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Baobab riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This November, 52 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 57 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $650 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $35
• Tools and protective gear: $70
• Native saplings and stakes: $545
Glad we found this place.
- Hugo
Updates from Hugo
Update from San Cristóbal de las Casas: I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear. We're at 54% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Quick update: $135 raised so far (21%). I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them. - Hugo
3% there. the first invoice got paid this week. Thank you. - Hugo
- Lucas Davi Medeiros 🇧🇷 · $50
- Revathi S. Balakrishnan 🇮🇳 · $20
- Sneha J. Kothari 🇮🇳 · $18
- Lorenzo E. Mora 🇺🇸 · $15
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $15
- Akello Florence Mussa 🇹🇿 · $75
- Randall D. Barker 🇺🇸 · $10
- Githinji Otieno Athumani 🇺🇬 · $100
- Ursula Birgit Herrmann 🇩🇪 · $13
- Angelica N. De Leon 🇵🇭 · $15
“Thought of Hugo all day after reading this. - Manila”
- Liang Jian Song 🇺🇸 · $100
- Taghreed Rashid 🇪🇬 · $5
- Christian S. Guerrero 🇺🇸 · $5
- Erica Santos 🇵🇭 · $5
- Jose M. Norris 🇺🇸 · $5
“Hope things get better. Only $5 but hope it helps. - Minneapolis”
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Wishing you peace, Hugo. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. God bless
Thinking of you. Looking forward to the next update. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Take care.