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Restoring the Maple wetland: a volunteer-led project in Machakos
Volunteers are restoring the Maple wetland in Machakos; $250 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Maple wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 48 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 114 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 $250 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $95
• Waste removal and skip hire: $100
• Signage and educational materials: $55
With deep gratitude,
Maina
Updates from Maina
Update from Machakos: we've started the first stage. We're at 46% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Thank you all. We're at 26% now ($65). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled.
Thank you all. We're at 6% now ($15). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $50
- Brandon M. Robertson 🇬🇧 · $44
- Vishnu D. Nadar 🇮🇳 · $39
“From my family to yours. Thought of Maina all day after reading this. - Nashik”
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $10
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $10
- Pedro R. García 🇲🇽 · $5
- Anonymous 🇪🇸 · $5
“Sending love. Thought of Maina all day after reading this. - Córdoba”
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sending love, Maina. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. God bless.
hope it all works out. This could happen to any of us. I hope August is when things finally get easier. Love from Half-Way Tree.
Stay strong, Maina. Hope you get there. We're a small family in Caloocan but we're thinking of you. Take care
stay strong, Maina. More neighborhoods should do this. My husband and I read this together.
thinking of you, Maina. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes