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

Volunteers are restoring the Liberty canal in Istanbul; $600 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇹🇷 Türkiye1,392 views
Nur Yağmur Öztürk
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Istanbul
The Liberty canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 103 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 103 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 $600 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $95 • Native saplings and stakes: $450 • Signage and educational materials: $55 I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Nur

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($81 in total) I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Nur

  2. Thank you all. We're at 14% now ($81). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

  3. We're at 6% thanks to 2 of you. the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled. More news soon.

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