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Restoring the Union riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Bangkok

Volunteers are restoring the Union riverbank in Bangkok; $500 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇹🇭 10164, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand1,274 views
Isaree Yaowalak Prasertsak
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Bangkok
The Union riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This November, 109 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 53 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $500 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $185 • Tools and protective gear: $135 • Waste removal and skip hire: $155 • Signage and educational materials: $25 Thanks for reading all this. - Isaree
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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    Quick response, great follow-up

    Perfect example of someone making a real difference. They took time out of their busy schedule to help me and never made me feel like a burden.

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  • Paulo Joaquim Rocha

    hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Blessings.

    • Alexandre Leonardo Carvalho

      You're not alone, Isaree. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Gazipur.

      • Upendo Irene MugishaQuestion

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

        • Isaree Yaowalak PrasertsakOwnerAnswer

          Native saplings and stakes is $185 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Let me know if you want more detail.

      • Pedro T. González

        Hope it all works out. Looking forward to the next update. We're a small family in Austin but we're thinking of you

        • Wafa Layla NaguibAddress verified

          praying for you, Isaree. Great idea, hope you get there.

          • Selim Mert Çelik

            Stay strong, Isaree. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Bangkok.

            • Corazon J. Alcantara

              Rooting for you, Isaree. Gave what I could, wish it was more. All the best

              • Rylee W. Rowe

                Best of luck, Isaree. Shared this with my family. After 14 years in public service I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless!

                • Sinta Kirana Siregar

                  Stay strong, Isaree. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Take care

                  • Kamran Hussain Baig

                    Shared it with a few friends. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Bangkok.

                    • Sem Timmermans

                      Thanks for sharing this, Isaree. Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from San Francisco

                      • Junaid Khalid Cheema

                        More neighborhoods should do this. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Istanbul.

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