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Restoring the Maple riverbank: a volunteer-led project in San Sebastián
Help us clean and replant the Maple riverbank before the September planting window closes.
🇪🇸 San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain741 views
The Maple riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 90 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 105 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 $1,750 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $450
• Native saplings and stakes: $940
• Tools and protective gear: $360
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Gustavo
Updates from Gustavo
Quick update: $117 raised so far (7%). I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($35 in total) I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Hatice Sevgi Can 🇩🇪 · $10
“Thought of Gustavo all day after reading this. - Augsburg”
- Vanessa Vanessa Cavalcanti 🇧🇷 · $100
- David Mugisha Nabwire 🇰🇪 · $5
- Nicolás Contreras 🇪🇸 · $77
“Thought of Gustavo all day after reading this. - Madrid”
- Herman Fernandez 🇵🇭 · $25
- Wesley Morales 🇨🇦 · $10
“Rooting for you. - Burnaby”
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Thinking of you and your family, Gustavo. Great idea, hope you get there. Sent it to 12 people at work. All the best.
Rooting for you, Gustavo. Shared this with my family. God bless
Sending strength, Gustavo. Hope you get there.
Hope things get better soon, Gustavo. More neighborhoods should do this. God bless.
sending love, Gustavo. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Sent it to 20 people at work.
Thinking of you, Gustavo. This could happen to any of us. Take care
Stay strong. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. All the best
You're not alone, Gustavo. Hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Blessings.