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Restoring the Maple riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Coatzacoalcos

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Maple riverbank needs $600 for saplings and equipment.

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Nicolás A. Vargas
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Coatzacoalcos
The Maple riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 43 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 181 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 $600 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $300 • Tools and protective gear: $85 • Waste removal and skip hire: $150 • Signage and educational materials: $65 If you're reading this, thank you.
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Updates from Nicolás

  1. Update from Coatzacoalcos: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 79% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. We're at 49% thanks to 5 of you. I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. More news soon.

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  • Florian Valentin Martinez

    good luck. Looking forward to the next update. Don't give up. Greetings from Nagpur.

    • Dorin Cristian PopaQuestion

      any update on how things are going in Coatzacoalcos?

      • Roman W. Hunter

        Keep going, Nicolás. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Sent it to 7 people at work

        • Clara Marlene Simon

          good luck, Nicolás. Shared this with my family. I hope July is when things finally get easier. Love from San Diego.

          • Colton G. Washington

            Thinking of you and your family. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Maringá but we're thinking of you.

            • Hatice Yağmur Coşkun

              Wishing you the best. Hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Cairo so I could bring a meal. Take care

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