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The Pioneer canal cleanup and restoration: help our volunteer crew

Volunteers are restoring the Pioneer canal in Belém; $550 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇧🇷 Pará, Brazil921 views
Ingrid Barbosa
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Belém
The Pioneer canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 75 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 156 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 $550 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $195 • Tools and protective gear: $90 • Waste removal and skip hire: $195 • Signage and educational materials: $70 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.

Updates from Ingrid

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($496 in total) I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. We're at 44% thanks to 8 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.

  3. Wanted to say thank you properly. 32% funded and the plan for waste removal and skip hire is now scheduled.

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    “Best of luck. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Marrakesh”

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    “Stay strong - Khon Kaen”

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    “Wish I could do more - Eindhoven”

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    “Praying for you. - Pune”

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    “Hang in there. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Accra”

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  • Camila Bianca BarbosaPhoto verified

    So sorry you're going through this, Ingrid. I hope things turn around soon. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected

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