Ocean trash to treasure
Most young people around the Coco Beach area near Dar Es Salaam face different social problems. With limited skill and education, it is difficult to earn an income, some have no other option but prostitution, drug abuse and thus face illness.
Africraft NGO trains the youth on entrepreneurship and up-cycling trash with the trash they collect from the ocean.
Coco beach waste management centre was started in 2018 as a centre to host World Clean-up Day in collaboration with Nipe Fagio, Femina Hip and with the support of the Swedish embassy.
Every year, about 8 million tons of plastic waste escapes into the oceans from coastal nations. That’s the equivalent of setting five garbage bags full of trash on every foot of coastline around the world. Plastics often contain additives making them stronger, more flexible, and durable. But many of these additives can extend the life of products if they become litter, with some estimates ranging to at least 400 years to break down.
LAURA PARKER, National Geographics JUNE 7, 2019
What we do
Support Coco Beach Waste Management Center!
AfriCraft Social Projects activities can only be carried out in the future without your support and donations.
As a nonprofit organization (NGO), we have committed ourselves to use all funds and donations only for the realization of our statutory goals. We do not strive to maximize profits, but rather to maximize community engagement and youth empowerment, environmental protection and nature conservation, especially for sustainable development.
For further information please write to us via email at social.projects@africraft.de or the address below.
AfriCraft NGO
P.O BOX 105882,
21 Guinea Rd Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
+255 (0) 759 785 223
