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Restoring the Harmony riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Sandton

Help us clean and replant the Harmony riverbank before the November planting window closes.

🇿🇦 Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa896 views
Dineo G. Petersen
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Sandton
The Harmony riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 50 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 116 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $650 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $360 • Tools and protective gear: $110 • Waste removal and skip hire: $125 • Signage and educational materials: $55 Glad we found this place. - Dineo

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  • Sending good thoughts, Dineo. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Pietermaritzburg.

    • So sorry you're going through this. Shared this with my family. I have a 14 year old who wants to send good wishes too.

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