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Restoring the Liberty canal: a volunteer-led project in Düsseldorf

Help us clean and replant the Liberty canal before the October planting window closes.

🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany794 views
Nadia Rahma Hamdan
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Düsseldorf
The Liberty canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 74 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 57 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $2,250 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $450 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,000 • Waste removal and skip hire: $800 Thanks for reading all this.

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  • Joy Bappy Khatun 🇮🇳 · $46

    “Wishing you the best. Hope the October deadline works out. - Saket”

  • Daniela Batista 🇧🇷 · $75

    “Keep your head up. From Belém with love. - Belém”

  • Tamar Bat-El Biton 🇮🇱 · $10
  • Anonymous 🇪🇸 · $50

    “Happy to help. Thought of Nadia all day after reading this.”

  • Vijay W. Rathore 🇮🇳 · $15
  • Rashid Hadi Trabelsi 🇪🇬 · $100
  • Girish L. Patel 🇮🇳 · $5
  • Murilo Enzo Paiva 🇧🇷 · $10

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  • Best of luck. Shared it with a few friends. My husband and I read this together. Take care.

    • Stay strong, Nadia. I hope things turn around soon. Sent it to 35 people at work. God bless

      • Sending good thoughts, Nadia. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. All the best

        • Great idea, hope you get there. Love from Zapopan.

          • Good luck. More neighborhoods should do this. Wish I lived closer to Jinja so I could bring a meal. All the best

            • Praying for you, Nadia. Shared it with a few friends.

              • projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My husband and I read this together. God bless!

                • Vinícius Luís TeixeiraAddress verified

                  Hang in there, Nadia. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Sent it to 18 people at work. Thinking of Düsseldorf.

                  • Arthur VasseurID verified

                    Praying for you, Nadia. Gave what I could, wish it was more.

                    • So sorry you're going through this, Nadia. Looking forward to the next update. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Düsseldorf

                      • Sending strength, Nadia. Shared it with a few friends. It's not much but it's yours.

                        • sending strength. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Blessings.

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