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Restoring the Sycamore hillside: a volunteer-led project in Rajshahi

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Sycamore hillside needs $200 for saplings and equipment.

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Rajshahi, Bangladesh1,524 views
Moumita Sharmin Dutta
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Rajshahi
The Sycamore hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 118 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 104 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 $200 goes: โ€ข Waste removal and skip hire: $30 โ€ข Native saplings and stakes: $160 โ€ข Signage and educational materials: $10 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.

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  • hang in there. Shared it with a few friends. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Quetta.

    • Liliana ReyesID verifiedPhoto verified

      Keep going, Moumita. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I hope September is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Milan.

      • Hope it all works out, Moumita. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day

        • Best of luck. Your post was clear and honest. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Blessings.

          • thinking of you and your family, Moumita. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Put this on a community board in Angeles this morning. God bless

            • Gabriel L. WestQuestionID verified

              is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Moumita

              • Waste removal and skip hire is $30 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Happy to explain more.

            • shared it with a few friends. Wish I lived closer to Naples so I could bring a meal. Blessings.

              • Keep going, Moumita. Shared this with my family

                • Banjong Pairoj PromsriAddress verifiedPhoto verified

                  thinking of you, Moumita. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Wish I lived closer to Yokohama so I could bring a meal. Blessings

                  • Hope you get there. Greetings from Niterรณi.

                    • Nuala G. KennyID verified

                      thinking of you. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Aurora.

                      • thanks for sharing this, Moumita. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Rajshahi.

                        • Alexandre HuetPhoto verified

                          You're not alone. Shared it with a few friends. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from London.

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