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Restoring the Lotus canal: a volunteer-led project in Belfast

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Lotus canal needs $1,650 for saplings and equipment.

🇬🇧 BT17 7FN, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom599 views
Anisur Pavel Mia
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Belfast
The Lotus canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This October, 72 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 170 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $1,650 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $560 • Tools and protective gear: $480 • Waste removal and skip hire: $430 • Signage and educational materials: $180 Every share and every dollar helps.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Anisur

  1. Update from Belfast: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 34% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 26% funded and I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 8% now ($140). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

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    Outstanding person

    This experience has restored my faith in the goodness of people. The helper was professional, knowledgeable, and genuinely cared about my outcome.

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    Couldn't have asked for better support. They listened carefully, understood my situation deeply, and provided thoughtful advice that actually worked. Thank you so much.

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  • Jepkoech Rose Mutebi

    hope it all works out. Shared it with a few friends. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.

    $751 raised of $1,650

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