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Restoring the Jacaranda hillside: a volunteer-led project in Jimma

Volunteers are restoring the Jacaranda hillside in Jimma; $250 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Genet Eleni Berhe
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Jimma
The Jacaranda hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 94 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 185 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 $250 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $145 • Tools and protective gear: $25 • Waste removal and skip hire: $65 • Signage and educational materials: $15 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  • Varun P. YadavQuestion

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    • Humaira Zardari

      thanks for sharing this, Genet. Shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in Warren this morning. Love from Warren

      • Amir Anwar Zaki

        Praying for you, Genet. Shared this with my family. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Thinking of Jimma.

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