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Restoring the Liberty wetland: a volunteer-led project in Savar

Volunteers are restoring the Liberty wetland in Savar; $300 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Salma Biswas
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Savar
The Liberty wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 78 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 93 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 $300 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $125 • Waste removal and skip hire: $85 • Tools and protective gear: $90 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people. - Salma

Updates from Salma

  1. Thank you all. We're at 25% now ($75). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

  • Aubree Diaz 🇺🇸 · $10

    “Good luck - New York”

  • Grayson Curtis 🇨🇦 · $10
  • Kevin G. Pierce 🇺🇸 · $11

    “Keep your head up. I'm in San Diego, thinking of you.”

  • Kirana Maya Surya 🇮🇩 · $50

    “Praying for you - Malang”

  • Chao Ping Ma 🇺🇸 · $7.50
  • Heloísa Cláudia Teixeira 🇧🇷 · $28.50
  • Lan Yến Tran 🇻🇳 · $16
  • Asad Hussain Malik 🇵🇰 · $30

    “Good luck. Only $30 but hope it helps.”

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  • Any update on how things are going in Savar?

    • Rooting for you, Salma. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Hải Phòng.

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