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Restoring the Maple wetland: a volunteer-led project in Medellín
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Maple wetland needs $500 for saplings and equipment.
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The Maple wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This December, 92 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 175 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $500 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $70
• Waste removal and skip hire: $180
• Native saplings and stakes: $250
Glad we found this place.
- María
Updates from María
Thank you all. We're at 27% now ($133). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
- Natalie Marshall 🇺🇸 · $21
“Sending love. Hope the January deadline works out. - Sacramento”
- Miguel Rodrigo Dias 🇧🇷 · $5
- Madeline R. Spencer 🇺🇸 · $25
“Best of luck. My father told me about this one. - Bowling Green”
- Madhavan F. Sastry 🇮🇳 · $200
- Daniel H. Myers 🇺🇸 · $50
- Eva W. Rios 🇺🇸 · $13
- Amol B. Rathod 🇮🇳 · $50
“Wishing you the best. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Howrah”
- Sebastian Cortez 🇺🇸 · $64.50
“Praying for you. Only $65 but hope it helps. - Anaheim”
- Mercy E. Abad 🇵🇭 · $5
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Wishing you the best. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Put this on a community board in Mobile this morning. Take care.
So sorry you're going through this. Great idea, hope you get there. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless