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Restoring the Pioneer hillside: a volunteer-led project in Pune
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Pioneer hillside needs $200 for saplings and equipment.
🇮🇳 Maharashtra, India1,240 views
The Pioneer hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 49 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 197 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $200 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $70
• Signage and educational materials: $35
• Waste removal and skip hire: $95
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
- Abhishek
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Keep going, Abhishek. I hope things turn around soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. God bless
So sorry you're going through this, Abhishek. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I went through something like this 9 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Taguig.
Hope you get there. Thinking of Pune.