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13 July 2022
Meet the Strand 3 – Promoting Change – Finalists whose community-centered solutions are reducing or eliminating plastic usage across Sub-Saharan Africa.
As Finalists of the Afri-Plastics Challenge, they will be receiving capacity building support to help support in the development and validation of their solution, alongside a grant of £50,000.
Meeticks Africa’s solution runs a 30-day challenge that aims to get users to gain knowledge on how their use of single-use plastics negatively affects the environment and contributes to marine-plastic waste.
The aim of WAKAT is to train communities on the harmful effects of plastic waste. Training will be delivered through workshops in communication, awareness raising and advocacy methods, based on drama and storytelling.
Catharina Natang’s solution aims to provide training to fashion designers on sustainable fashion and resource mobilisation and equip local designers to understand the subtle but massive presence of plastic-based fabrics in the fashion industry.
The Ye Zembil Melse campaign uses creative storytelling, digital campaigning with Ethiopian artists and public figures. They are developing a plastic-free guide to communicate the detrimental impact of plastic waste in Ethiopia.
The Community for Plastic Reduction and Recycling Project is a project comprising community awareness through the use of activity-based education and recycling of plastic wastes bringing changes in individual attitudes and purchasing habits.
The #StopPlasticPollution Campaign leverages a mobile App to promote segregation of plastic waste while raising awareness of responsible waste management practices through competitions with cash incentives.
M-taka empowers women economically to become recycling agents who build communities of recyclers by leveraging technology and inducing behavioural change through social connections and incentives.
Ukwenza VR uses a VR storytelling to showcase the journey of plastic after disposal with hopes to educate users on how plastic waste can end up damaging the environment and encourage people to take better care when disposing of plastic waste.
The Let’s recycle! campaign will feature both online and offline awareness through creative skits, challenges, clean games events, tree planting activities, etc. in a bid to educate the people about the dangers of plastic pollution.
The PLASTIC WIZE Campaign by U-recycle Initiative Africa plans to coach women across universities in Nigeria to implement creative strategies to influence behaviour change towards reducing plastic waste on their campuses.
Écolo-Culturelle is a programme that starts with sensitisation and environmental education of children and inhabitants through the use of innovative, cultural tools such as educational song, choreography, short stories in animated videos, etc.
Paycycle uses a Point-of-Sale (POS) based digital reward system targeted at eliminating single-use plastic bags and promote behaviour change towards non-plastic reusable shopping bags that are eco-friendly.
Captain Fanplastic’s uses of storytelling as the core component of education about plastic waste. The programme is designed for scalability and offers an opportunity to girls and women to become leaders and facilitators in their communities.
Turning your Trash to Treasure is based in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve and aims to work with schools, tribal communities and women waste pickers to create awareness among selected schools by encouraging waste recycling at schools.
This solution aims to create the Ugandan Recycling Association with membership from across the plastic recycling value chain and develop an interactive map where rich media and data will showcase everyone in the country engaged in recycling.
