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Restoring the Baobab wetland: a volunteer-led project in São Paulo
Volunteers are restoring the Baobab wetland in São Paulo; $900 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Baobab wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 30 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 95 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 $900 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $85
• Waste removal and skip hire: $260
• Native saplings and stakes: $555
Thanks for reading all this.
- Raquel
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- Patience Rebecca Armah 🇬🇭 · $167
“Wishing you the best. Hope the August deadline works out. - Accra”
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Rooting for you, Raquel. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too
Thanks for sharing this, Raquel. This could happen to any of us.
Thinking of you and your family, Raquel. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from Gulu.
Take care. It takes guts to ask. Well done. It's not much but it's yours. God bless
Hope it all works out. This could happen to any of us. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Take care
sending good thoughts, Raquel. Shared it with a few friends. I have a 15 year old who wants to send good wishes too.
So sorry you're going through this, Raquel. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Aurangabad.
hope things get better soon, Raquel. Shared it with a few friends. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.
Hang in there, Raquel. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Saket.
so sorry you're going through this, Raquel. More neighborhoods should do this. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Lahore.
Best of luck, Raquel. I hope things turn around soon. All the best.
So sorry you're going through this, Raquel. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Take care.
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of São Paulo