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Restoring the Maple wetland: a volunteer-led project in Manila

Help us clean and replant the Maple wetland before the November planting window closes.

🇵🇭 Philippines971 views
Rose G. Francisco
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Manila
The Maple wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 73 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 78 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 $150 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $60 • Signage and educational materials: $20 • Tools and protective gear: $70 Thanks for reading all this.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  1. Update from Manila: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 23% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us. - Rose

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    Genuine person with a big heart

    This experience has restored my faith in the goodness of people. The helper was professional, knowledgeable, and genuinely cared about my outcome.

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  • Anum Kiran Siddiqui

    projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless

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