ACT II - Freshwater and Marine Clean-up series
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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, turned that premise into practice.
Under the ACT II - Freshwater and Marine Cleanup Series, GEAF convened cleanup actions across four locations; Switzerland, Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria. In each, GEAF Ambassadors and Facilitators, mobilised 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 intercepted that waste before it degrades the water or breaks down into hazardous microplastics. Working alongside local citizens, our facilitators collected, sorted and weighed 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, joined a group of young volunteers to answer that silence: collecting, sorting and responsibly disposing of waste along the shore, while AfriCraft shared its recycling expertise and local fishermen recounted how the ocean sustains their lives. More than a clean-up, the day inspired a generation to stand up for marine conservation.
Along the shoreline at Kromantse in Ghana's Central Region, volunteers gathered to collect and responsibly dispose, plastic and debris that accumulated on the coast. More than a clean-up, the exercise was a chance to confront the toll plastic pollution takes on marine life, public health and local livelihoods. In partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, everything recovered was transported and disposed in an environmentally sound way, ensuring the day's impact lasted. Together, the initiative worked 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 mobilised close to 45 young people, council members and residents together to clear plastic and solid waste from the shoreline. Alongside the clean-up, community sessions held on marine conservation, plastic pollution and sustainable fishing aimed 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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