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Restoring the Liberty hillside: a volunteer-led project in Jakarta
Volunteers are restoring the Liberty hillside in Jakarta; $350 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇮🇩 Jakarta, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia600 views
The Liberty hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 88 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 110 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 $350 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $165
• Tools and protective gear: $60
• Waste removal and skip hire: $95
• Signage and educational materials: $30
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Fajar
Updates from Fajar
Small update. $120 so far, I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
- Jay J. Gaikwad 🇮🇳 · $50
- Lavinia Matei 🇷🇴 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
- Kevin Voigt 🇩🇪 · $25
“God bless. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Dortmund”
- Kamran Bilal Lodhi 🇵🇰 · $25
- Peyton M. Cortez 🇨🇦 · $20
- Andrea Marco Mazza 🇮🇹 · $18
- Anh Phúc Doan 🇻🇳 · $5
“Take care of yourselves. I'm in Hanoi, thinking of you.”
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praying for you. Hope this works out for you
Wishing you the best, Fajar. This could happen to any of us. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too
Thinking of you, Fajar. Your post was clear and honest. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Fajar?
Thank you. If you're in Jakarta I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Appreciate you taking the time.
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Fajar.
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. native saplings and stakes comes first ($165) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. Appreciate you taking the time.
Sending strength, Fajar. Hope you get there. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Sending good thoughts, Fajar. I hope things turn around soon.
Keep going, Fajar. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Take care.
Best of luck, Fajar. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Los Angeles.
Stay strong, Fajar. Shared this with my family. All the best.
hope this works out for you. After 26 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything.