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Restoring the Cedar wetland: a volunteer-led project in București
Help us clean and replant the Cedar wetland before the September planting window closes.
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The Cedar wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 107 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 82 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 $850 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $500
• Tools and protective gear: $230
• Waste removal and skip hire: $120
Thank you so much.
- Claudiu
Updates from Claudiu
Quick update: $152 raised so far (18%). I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Update from București: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 13% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 12% funded and I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
- Esteban P. Navarro 🇺🇸 · $100
“Good luck. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Tallahassee”
- Willow Robinson 🇺🇸 · $32.50
“Take care of yourselves. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Worcester”
- Yong Kun Dong 🇺🇸 · $5
- Orlando G. Mabini 🇵🇭 · $10
- Mauricio C. Tapia 🇺🇸 · $29
- Henrik Lundberg 🇸🇪 · $75
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Great idea, hope you get there. After 6 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care.
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Claudiu?
Keep going, Claudiu. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of București.
Hope things get better soon, Claudiu. Shared this with my family. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. All the best.
Keep going. Hope you get there. I hope September is when things finally get easier. Love from Leeds.
sending love. More neighborhoods should do this. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Claudiu
It's all in the list in the story. native saplings and stakes is the big one at $500, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Thanks, that means a lot.
Hang in there, Claudiu. Shared this with my family. After 17 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Praying for you, Claudiu. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Love from Caloocan.
Hope this works out for you. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Buffalo.
Thinking of you, Claudiu. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Sacramento
You're not alone, Claudiu. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We're a small family in Daegu but we're thinking of you. Love from Daegu.
sending strength, Claudiu. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. All the best
Keep going. More neighborhoods should do this. Greetings from Calgary
Hope things get better soon, Claudiu. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Thinking of București.
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I went through something like this 14 years ago and strangers helped me out.