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Restoring the Harmony hillside: a volunteer-led project in Veracruz

Volunteers are restoring the Harmony hillside in Veracruz; $900 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Gonzalo H. Rodríguez
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Veracruz
The Harmony hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 86 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 168 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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 $900 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $470 • Tools and protective gear: $185 • Waste removal and skip hire: $180 • Signage and educational materials: $65 I hope life is good to you. - Gonzalo
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Gonzalo

  1. Thank you all. We're at 13% now ($120). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

  2. Small update. $170 so far, I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire.

  3. Small update. $55 so far, I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear.

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    “All the best. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - León”

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    “Hope the December deadline works out. - Chiang Mai”

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    “Blessings. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Columbus”

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    “Hang in there. From Kumasi with love.”

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    “Thought of Gonzalo all day after reading this. - Adelaide”

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  • Ritu G. Prajapati

    Wishing you the best. Hope you get there. Sent it to 9 people at work. Take care.

    $232 raised of $900

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