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Restoring the Pioneer canal: a volunteer-led project in Regensburg
Volunteers are restoring the Pioneer canal in Regensburg; $1,800 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Pioneer canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 31 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 144 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 $1,800 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $860
• Tools and protective gear: $480
• Waste removal and skip hire: $370
• Signage and educational materials: $90
Glad we found this place.
- Rasha
Updates from Rasha
Quick update: $89 raised so far (5%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Melanie Clara Günther 🇩🇪 · $51
- Nova R. Wagner 🇺🇸 · $15
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
- Varun M. Tripathi 🇮🇳 · $10
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $50
- Pavel Serhiy Zhukov 🇷🇺 · $60
“Praying for you. I'm in Moscow, thinking of you.”
- Kyung-soo Dae-hyun Oh 🇰🇷 · $5
“Take care of yourselves. From Suwon with love.”
- Lorena Rafaela Pinto 🇧🇷 · $50
- Igor Kamil Głowacki 🇵🇱 · $10
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $44
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $10
- Irene Frimpong 🇬🇭 · $25
“You got this. Thought of Rasha all day after reading this. - Madina”
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any update on how things are going in Regensburg?
Thinking of you, Rasha. Looking forward to the next update
Thinking of you, Rasha. Great idea, hope you get there. All the best
Praying for you. More neighborhoods should do this. My husband and I read this together. God bless!
Wishing you the best, Rasha. Shared it with a few friends. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Regensburg.
Take care, Rasha. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer.
Your post was clear and honest. My neighbor in Jimma donated after I showed her your page. God bless