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Restoring the Unity canal: a volunteer-led project in Faisalabad

Volunteers are restoring the Unity canal in Faisalabad; $350 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇵🇰 Punjab, Pakistan1,751 views
Usman Bilal Niazi
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Faisalabad
The Unity canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 49 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 122 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 $350 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $195 • Tools and protective gear: $30 • Waste removal and skip hire: $105 • Signage and educational materials: $20 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen. - Usman

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  • Bezawit Bethlehem Haile 🇪🇹 · $25

    “Hope this helps. My brother told me about this one. - Addis Ababa”

  • Rajesh J. Kashyap 🇮🇳 · $5
  • Padraig Molony 🇮🇪 · $100
  • Rakib Mahin Bose 🇧🇩 · $50

    “Hope it all works out. Hope the May deadline works out. - Gazipur”

  • Imran Hridoy Khan 🇧🇩 · $20
  • Luis H. Guzmán 🇪🇸 · $100

    “Blessings. My neighbor told me about this one. - Madrid”

  • Rajiv Trivedi 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Lydia M. Schmidt 🇬🇧 · $16

    “Keep your head up. I'm in Cardiff, thinking of you. - Cardiff”

  • Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $5

    “Hope it all works out. Thought of Usman all day after reading this. - Quezon City”

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  • So sorry you're going through this. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Stuttgart.

    • Take care. Hope you get there. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Blessings.

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