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Restoring the Maple wetland: a volunteer-led project in Madurai
Help us clean and replant the Maple wetland before the April planting window closes.
🇮🇳 Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India796 views
The Maple wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 39 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 143 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $250 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $115
• Tools and protective gear: $25
• Waste removal and skip hire: $80
• Signage and educational materials: $30
Glad we found this place.
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Rooting for you, Nithya. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.
thinking of you, Nithya. Your post was clear and honest. I'll check back for the next update
Best of luck, Nithya. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My husband and I read this together.
Thanks for sharing this, Nithya. I hope things turn around soon
Sending good thoughts, Nithya. It takes guts to ask. Well done. After 25 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Love from Ottawa.