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End of campaign summary

Over our two clean-up campaigns, ‘Clean Shores, Great Lakes’ successfully carried out 69 clean-ups across the Tanzanian shorelines of the African Great Lakes. This is how we did and what we do next.

Clean Shores, Great Lakes presents at University of Dar es Salaam

Bahati Mayoma presented our findings at the School of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Technology.

Clean Shores, Great Lakes joins World Clean-Up Day

Clean Shores, Great Lakes joined global efforts to make the world a little tidier on World Clean-Up Day.

Clean Shores Great Lakes dissemination workshop

We hosted our dissemination workshop to share our findings and instigate change within the African Great Lakes.

We reach 50 clean-ups

An important milestone on the shores of Lake Victoria

Clean Shores, Great Lakes schools’ outreach

At the start of our second clean-up campaign, the Clean Shores, Great Lakes team visited schools in Kyela, Lake Nyasa to share our vision of a cleaner Great Lakes Region.

Clean Shores, Great Lakes second campaign set to start

Our second clean-up campaign is being conducted over August and September

Volunteer voices

We asked some of our amazing volunteers for their thoughts and experiences of our first clean-up campaign.

Summary of our first clean-up campaign

In our first campaign ‘Clean Shores, Great Lakes’ carried out 35 clean-ups across the African Great Lakes collecting 18000 kg of litter.

Summary of Lake Victoria clean-ups

Twenty clean-ups along the shores of Lake Victoria - over 13500 kg of litter collected

Bahati joins Science Wednesdays on NileWell.org

Bahati Mayoma delivered an insightful presentation on the use of citizen science and circular economy as a viable solution to combat plastic pollution in the African Great Lakes region.

See the talk on youtube (external link)

Clean Shores, Great Lakes receives more media attention

University World News Africa Edition covers our clean-up efforts with an interview with Bahati Mayoma

Read the article (external link)

Clean Shores, Great Lakes was covered by the Tanzanian press

Our project was featured in the Tanzanian Times Majira newspaper

Arena Recycling Industry showcases their eco-bricks

After an intense cleanup of Mirongo River, Arena Recycling Industry showcased their eco-bricks as a sustainable solution for repurposing plastic litter and helping to solve the housing deficit in Tanzania.

Clean Shores, Great Lakes conducts it's first clean-up at Kamanga fish market

The first clean-up of Clean Shores, Great Lakes was conducted with over 360 volunteers collecting almost 800 Kgs of waste.

Official launch event for Clean Shores, Great Lakes

Clean Shores, Great lakes was officially launched on February 28 2023 at Kamanga Garden Beach in Mwanza, on the banks of Lake Victoria

Training session on waste auditing and data collection

We kicked off the Clean Shores, Great Lakes project with a successful training on waste sorting, waste audit, and brand audit at the Lesa Hotel Sweya Mwanza City.

Clean Shores, Great Lakes launches

We are thrilled to announce the launch of “Clean Shores, Great Lakes”, a two-year project to conduct clean-ups along the Tanzanian shorelines of the African Great Lakes (Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, and Nyasa).