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Restoring the Lotus canal: a volunteer-led project in Jakarta Selatan

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

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Lukman Mulyadi Utomo
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Jakarta Selatan
The Lotus canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 66 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 71 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $200 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $25 • Waste removal and skip hire: $115 • Tools and protective gear: $60 Glad we found this place. - Lukman

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  • stay strong, Lukman. Your post was clear and honest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Jakarta Selatan

    • good luck, Lukman. This could happen to any of us. God bless

      • Rooting for you, Lukman. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Jakarta Selatan

        • Hope things get better soon. This could happen to any of us. I'm in farming myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care.

          • Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Blessings.

            • wishing you peace. I hope things turn around soon. Thinking of Jakarta Selatan

              • Thinking of you, Lukman. Your post was clear and honest. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. God bless

                • Stay strong, Lukman. Hope you get there. All the best.

                  • Bohdan Denis MaksimovPhoto verified

                    Sending strength. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I'm in construction myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care.

                    • Sending strength, Lukman. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Put this on a community board in Berlin this morning. Thinking of Jakarta Selatan.

                      • You're not alone. Looking forward to the next update. Sent it to 19 people at work

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