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Restoring the Union hillside: a volunteer-led project in Nagpur
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Union hillside needs $400 for saplings and equipment.
🇮🇳 Nagpur, Maharashtra, India592 views
The Union hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 84 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 90 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $400 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $75
• Native saplings and stakes: $300
• Signage and educational materials: $25
If you're reading this, thank you.
- Seema
Updates from Seema
Small update. $91 so far, I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials.
- Kieran W. O'Doherty 🇮🇪 · $50
- Nisha P. Dhawan 🇮🇳 · $67.50
“Rooting for you. Thought of Seema all day after reading this. - Aurangabad”
- Tài Lâm Cao 🇻🇳 · $100
- Lorenzo E. Contreras 🇺🇸 · $30
- Maximilian Henry Richter 🇩🇪 · $30
- Alexandre Batista 🇧🇷 · $31
“Only $31 but hope it helps. - Caxias do Sul”
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Good luck. Shared it with a few friends. I'm in public service myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Thinking of Nagpur.
Hope it all works out, Seema. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Jaffna.
Wishing you the best, Seema. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. God bless
sending love, Seema. Great idea, hope you get there. My neighbor in Naples donated after I showed her your page. All the best
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Seema.
Thinking of you and your family, Seema. Shared it with a few friends.
Hope things get better soon, Seema. Looking forward to the next update. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Thinking of Nagpur
Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Jeddah this morning.
You're not alone. Looking forward to the next update. All the best!
thinking of you and your family, Seema. Great idea, hope you get there.
Keep going. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Thinking of Nagpur.