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Restoring the Sycamore riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Surat
Volunteers are restoring the Sycamore riverbank in Surat; $350 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇮🇳 Surat, Gujarat, India947 views
The Sycamore riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 85 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 181 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 $350 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $80
• Native saplings and stakes: $250
• Signage and educational materials: $20
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Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Surat
Thank you. If you're in Surat I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks for asking.
Sending love. Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Bogor this morning
So sorry you're going through this. Shared it with a few friends. Put this on a community board in Rome this morning. Take care.