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Restoring the Lotus hillside: a volunteer-led project in Islamabad
Help us clean and replant the Lotus hillside before the February planting window closes.
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The Lotus hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This December, 87 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 173 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 $250 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $130
• Tools and protective gear: $40
• Waste removal and skip hire: $70
• Signage and educational materials: $10
Thank you for reading my story.
- Noreen
Updates from Noreen
Quick update: $32 raised so far (13%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 13% funded and the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled.
8% there. the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled. Thank you.
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- Bennett H. Davis 🇺🇸 · $12
“Hang in there. Thought of Noreen all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”
- Mariana Sandra Martins 🇧🇷 · $20
“Best of luck. I'm in Maringá, thinking of you.”
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Wishing you the best, Noreen. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from El Paso.