ACT II - Freshwater and Marine Clean-up series
Overview
The advocacy phase of the ACT initiative established a central premise: water insecurity and its mitigation cannot be shouldered by any single actor. From the point of source to final use, every player along the water chain holds a share of both the problem and the solution, and the chain only holds when they act together. The second phase, Collaboration, turns that premise into practice.
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Under the ACT II - Freshwater and Marine Cleanup Series, GEAF is convening cleanup actions across four locations; Switzerland, Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria. In each, GEAF Ambassadors and Facilitators mobilise community members alongside local authorities and partners, so that every activity is a collaboration around a single task; to ACT for Water. Four communities, one shared effort.
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ACT II - Freshwater and Marine Clean-up series
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Every summer, thousands of visitors and residents flock to the shores of Lac Léman, and with them comes a surge of plastic, discarded packaging and micro-litter that threatens the lake's fragile ecosystem. This community clean-up at Baby-Plage sets out to intercept that waste before it degrades the water or breaks down into hazardous microplastics. Working alongside local citizens, our facilitators will collect, sort and weigh everything recovered, turning a busy public waterfront into a visible act of environmental stewardship.
The sea has always given Dar es Salaam its rhythm; its livelihoods, its stories, but plastic and waste have begun to quieten it. At Cocobeach, GenInspire, AfriCraft and the Cocobeach Fishermen Association will join a group of young volunteers to answer that silence: collecting, sorting and responsibly disposing of waste along the shore, while AfriCraft shares its recycling expertise and local fishermen recount how the ocean sustains their lives. More than a clean-up, the day is built to inspire a generation to stand up for marine conservation.
Along the shoreline at Kromantse in Ghana's Central Region, volunteers will gather to collect and responsibly dispose of the plastic and debris that accumulate on the coast. More than a clean-up, the exercise is a chance to confront the toll plastic pollution takes on marine life, public health and local livelihoods, and to encourage better waste habits among residents. In partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, everything recovered will be transported and disposed of in an environmentally sound way, ensuring the day's impact lasts. Together, the initiative works to foster a culture of shared responsibility for protecting Ghana's coastal ecosystems for generations to come.
Omi Bí Ìyá, "Water Like a Mother" in Yoruba. captures the spirit of this coastal clean-up at the Orimedu fishing community, where the ocean is a source of life, sustenance and identity. Organised by the Life in My Hands Initiative (LIMHI) with the National Youth Council of Nigeria, the day brings around 45 young people, council members and residents together to clear plastic and solid waste from the shoreline. Alongside the clean-up, community sessions on marine conservation, plastic pollution and sustainable fishing aim to deepen local ownership restoring the Orimedu coast while strengthening the bond between a community and the waters that sustain it.
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