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Restoring the Maple canal: a volunteer-led project in Jakarta
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Maple canal needs $200 for saplings and equipment.
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The Maple canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 44 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 129 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.
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: $55
• Tools and protective gear: $120
With deep gratitude,
Wahyu
Updates from Wahyu
85% there. the plan for waste removal and skip hire is now scheduled. Thank you.
Update from Jakarta: I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials. We're at 80% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
We're at 50% thanks to 2 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
- Teresa R. Macías 🇺🇸 · $50
“God bless. Thought of Wahyu all day after reading this. - Oakland”
- Rohan T. Shinde 🇮🇳 · $50
- Fatima Said 🇲🇦 · $30
- Anonymous 🇫🇷 · $25
- Anonymous 🇵🇱 · $25
- Bích Hoa Mai 🇻🇳 · $20
- Samir Amir Aziz 🇪🇬 · $12
“Every little bit. Thought of Wahyu all day after reading this. - Zagazig”
- Francisco Murilo Andrade 🇧🇷 · $10
- Anonymous 🇦🇷 · $10
- Saanvi K. Gill 🇬🇧 · $10
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praying for you, Wahyu. Great idea, hope you get there. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out. Blessings
keep going, Wahyu. Shared this with my family. Thinking of Jakarta.
Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Greetings from Cologne.
Hang in there. Shared this with my family. Thinking of Jakarta
Good luck, Wahyu. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 23 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Nice
Thinking of you and your family. I hope things turn around soon. My neighbor in Mbarara donated after I showed her your page
Sending good thoughts, Wahyu. Hope you get there. Take care
thinking of you and your family, Wahyu. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Blessings.