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Restoring the Pioneer canal: a volunteer-led project in London
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Pioneer canal needs $1,750 for saplings and equipment.
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom1,265 views
The Pioneer canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 69 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 145 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $1,750 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $960
• Tools and protective gear: $300
• Waste removal and skip hire: $330
• Signage and educational materials: $160
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Aubree
Updates from Aubree
Good news. Because of your gifts ($156 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Apurva W. Sheth 🇮🇳 · $100
- Noreen Afshan Awan 🇵🇰 · $51
“Wishing you the best. Saw your post and had to give. - Hyderabad”
- Gloria Perkins 🇬🇧 · $50
- Ngozika Folake Mba 🇳🇬 · $10
“Thought of Aubree all day after reading this. - Epe”
- Masud Sabbir Chowdhury 🇬🇧 · $5
- Arthur Heitor Castro 🇧🇷 · $5
“Stay strong. Only $5 but hope it helps. - Duque de Caxias”
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Hope things get better soon. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Wish I lived closer to Mandaue so I could bring a meal!
Take care, Aubree. This could happen to any of us. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless.
Hope it all works out, Aubree. Your post was clear and honest. Sent it to 8 people at work. Blessings.
Hang in there, Aubree. More neighborhoods should do this. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings.
Take care, Aubree. I hope things turn around soon. God bless
Take care, Aubree. This could happen to any of us. It's not much but it's yours.
projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
Good luck. Hope this works out for you. After 27 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything