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Restoring the Harmony hillside: a volunteer-led project in Thiruvananthapuram
Help us clean and replant the Harmony hillside before the November planting window closes.
🇮🇳 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India529 views
The Harmony hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 106 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 154 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 $400 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $155
• Tools and protective gear: $105
• Waste removal and skip hire: $80
• Signage and educational materials: $60
Thank you for reading my story.
- Sandesh
Updates from Sandesh
Small update. $248 so far, I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire.
Quick update: $35 raised so far (9%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
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“Be well. I'm in Arusha, thinking of you.”
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- Jorge P. Quintero 🇦🇷 · $10
“Thinking of you. Gave what I could this week. - Rosario”
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“Praying for you. From Bakersfield with love.”
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- Nolan Jefferson 🇺🇸 · $103
“Thinking of you. Only $103 but hope it helps. - Boston”
- Pavel Danylenko 🇷🇺 · $100
- Nolan M. Prescott 🇳🇿 · $5
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $20
- Álvaro R. Núñez 🇺🇸 · $10
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How is Sandesh doing now?
Great idea, hope you get there. I'm in teaching myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Love from Quetta
Hope it all works out. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My husband and I read this together. God bless.
Hope things get better soon, Sandesh. This could happen to any of us. After 23 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything. All the best.
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Sandesh?
Thank you. If you're in Thiruvananthapuram I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks for asking.
Wishing you peace, Sandesh. I hope things turn around soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless!
Thinking of you. More neighborhoods should do this. I went through something like this 5 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Sandesh.
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. native saplings and stakes comes first ($155) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. It helps to be asked.
Sending strength. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out
Sending good thoughts, Sandesh. Shared it with a few friends. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money
Thinking of you, Sandesh. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Thiruvananthapuram.
Hope it all works out, Sandesh. Looking forward to the next update.
Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. God bless.
best of luck, Sandesh. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Blessings.