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

Help us clean and replant the Lotus canal before the August planting window closes.

🇧🇩 Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh416 views
Tuhin Hossain Dutta
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Gazipur
The Lotus canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 34 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 186 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the district council, 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 $250 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $40 • Native saplings and stakes: $175 • Signage and educational materials: $35 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Tuhin
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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    The help I received was exactly what was described and more. This person follows through on their commitments and genuinely cares about making a positive impact.

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    This helper is honest and transparent about what they can do. They didn't overpromise, but they did deliver excellent results. I would definitely trust them again.

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    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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  • Hannah Jana LorenzQuestion

    is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Tuhin

    • Tuhin Hossain DuttaOwnerAnswerID verified

      Sure. The biggest one is tools and protective gear, $40. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. It helps to be asked.

  • Marcel Cornelis Van Vliet

    Good luck, Tuhin. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. God bless

    • Miguel S. Torres

      Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. After 16 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

      • Franco Gennaro Lombardi

        sending love. Looking forward to the next update. Take care

        • Khalid Mahmoud Abbas

          Wishing you the best. Shared it with a few friends. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust

          • Leo T. Washington

            Wishing you the best, Tuhin. More neighborhoods should do this. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day!

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