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Restoring the Freedom wetland: a volunteer-led project in Latina

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Freedom wetland needs $1,000 for saplings and equipment.

🇮🇹 Latina, Lazio, Italy1,610 views
Martina Francesca Sala
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Latina
The Freedom wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 80 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 102 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 $1,000 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $430 • Tools and protective gear: $155 • Waste removal and skip hire: $190 • Signage and educational materials: $225 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it. - Martina
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Martina

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($714 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Martina

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($606 in total) I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 49% now ($485). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

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  • Nikom Surachai Laohakul 🇹🇭 · $5
  • Maksym Mikhail Medvedev 🇷🇺 · $44
  • Brooks D. Reid 🇨🇦 · $25
  • Audrey Coleman 🇬🇧 · $100
  • Abdullah Bilal El-Sayed 🇪🇬 · $5
  • Anoma Iresha Ekanayake 🇱🇰 · $10

    “All the best. Thought of Martina all day after reading this. - Dehiwala”

  • Gianna Graham 🇦🇺 · $4
  • Francisco K. Flores 🇪🇸 · $25

    “Thinking of you. Hope the June deadline works out. - Móstoles”

  • Taslima Taslima Saha 🇮🇳 · $5
  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $250
  • Paulo Marcos Cunha 🇧🇷 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $43
  • Anonymous 🇪🇬 · $25

    “You got this. Thought of Martina all day after reading this.”

  • Jack D. Beck 🇺🇸 · $15
  • Hugo E. Ramos 🇨🇴 · $10

    “All the best. My father told me about this one. - Cali”

  • Lily A. Kennedy 🇳🇿 · $10
  • Zuzanna Teresa Mazur 🇵🇱 · $58.50

    “Happy to help. Only $59 but hope it helps. - Radom”

  • Lucía G. Treviño 🇺🇸 · $5
  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $10
  • Anonymous 🇺🇦 · $27.50

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  • Erica H. Lopez

    Take care, Martina. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Blessings.

    • Sumon Jewel Sultana

      Sending good thoughts. Looking forward to the next update. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Denpasar!

      • Zuzanna Marta Duda

        so sorry you're going through this, Martina. This could happen to any of us. Please keep us posted

        • Bappy Masud IslamQuestion

          is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Martina

          • Martina Francesca SalaOwnerAnswer

            Native saplings and stakes is $430 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Fair thing to want to know.

        • Andrés N. Macías

          Sending love. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I have a 12 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Greetings from Da Nang.

          • Nana Clement Annan

            Wishing you peace. Hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Mumbai.

            • Fernanda Luciana Soares

              Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Take care.

              • Yolanda N. DomínguezAddress verified

                sending love, Martina. Hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Latina.

                • Dedi Arief Hartono

                  sending love. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My husband and I read this together. All the best

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