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Restoring the Unity wetland: a volunteer-led project in Leicester
Volunteers are restoring the Unity wetland in Leicester; $1,600 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Unity wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 88 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 44 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 $1,600 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $210
• Signage and educational materials: $270
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,120
I hope life is good to you.
- Lydia
Updates from Lydia
Good news. Because of your gifts ($483 in total) I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
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So sorry you're going through this. Great idea, hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.
Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Nashik.
I hope things turn around soon. After 19 years in accounting I know how hard it's to ask for anything
Keep going, Lydia. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Nizamabad.
Rooting for you, Lydia. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Please keep us posted. Blessings.