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Restoring Union Creek: a volunteer-led project in Addis Ababa
Volunteers are restoring Union Creek in Addis Ababa; $250 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇪🇹 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia535 views
Union Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 34 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 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $250 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $35
• Native saplings and stakes: $200
• Signage and educational materials: $15
If you're reading this, thank you.
- Gebre
Updates from Gebre
We're at 21% thanks to 2 of you. we've started the first stage. More news soon.
- Shahana Puja Mukherjee 🇮🇳 · $42.50
“Every little bit. Only $43 but hope it helps. - Mumbai”
- Anonymous 🇨🇴 · $25
“Thought of Gebre all day after reading this. - Envigado”
- Rocío E. Salazar 🇦🇷 · $15
- Elijah T. Alexander 🇬🇧 · $10
- Brian Barasa Kimaro 🇰🇪 · $10
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Sending good thoughts, Gebre. This could happen to any of us.
Wishing you peace, Gebre. Looking forward to the next update. Sent it to 35 people at work. Greetings from Seville.
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Wish I lived closer to Jacksonville so I could bring a meal