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Restoring the Maple wetland: a volunteer-led project in Ribeirão Preto
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Maple wetland needs $700 for saplings and equipment.
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil1,894 views
The Maple wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 119 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 119 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 $700 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $320
• Tools and protective gear: $190
• Waste removal and skip hire: $170
• Signage and educational materials: $20
If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
- Davi
Updates from Davi
Small update. $36 so far, I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
- Terry E. Hall 🇺🇸 · $100
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
- David B. Pickett 🇺🇸 · $11
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hope it all works out. Great idea, hope you get there. Greetings from London.
how is Davi doing now?
Keep going. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Love from Lethbridge
Rooting for you, Davi. Hope you get there. Blessings.
Hang in there. Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Rooting for you. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't give up. Take care.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Davi.
It's all in the list in the story. native saplings and stakes is the big one at $320, I'll post a receipt when it's paid.
Rooting for you. Great idea, hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
best of luck, Davi. More neighborhoods should do this. All the best
Thanks for sharing this, Davi. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Blessings
wishing you peace, Davi. Looking forward to the next update. Put this on a community board in Istanbul this morning.
Rooting for you, Davi. Hope you get there. Sent it to 25 people at work. Take care.
thanks for sharing this, Davi. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor in Comilla donated after I showed her your page
Hang in there. Shared it with a few friends. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.