Mpoano nsisie is designed to address SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation). The influx of plastic waste along the coast and in the ocean has becomes a global challenge. This coupled with open defecation and general sanitation problems have denied the beaches in Ghana the opportunity to be transformed into tourist sites. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 79% of all beach debris is made of plastic. It flows in and out of the ocean, wreaking havoc on seabirds and marine organisms, and ultimately on humans. Additionally, according to a United Nations Environment Program report, plastic causes an estimate of $13 billion financial damage each year to marine ecosystems. The damage not only wreaks havoc on animals, it threatens human survival, which depends on the ocean ecosystems; these plastics do not decompose but instead, breakdown into tiny microplastics and harmful chemicals that enter the digestive tracts of aquatic animals and eventually humans and thereby threatening our water quality, our health and wildlife.
CorpNation Foundation seeks to ensure safe food chains, water sources, and to enable marine life and seabirds survive. We intend to achieve this through awareness creation on the need and benefits of keeping our shorelines and ocean free from plastic wastes. We are achieving this through our Coastal Communities Empowerment Project, a community-led project that sustainably ensures the beaches are free from plastics along with other significant benefits.
The CorpNation Foundation (CNF) ‘Mpoano Nsiesie’ (Beach Clean Up) proiect was first carried out at Sekondi-Takoradi and Effia-Kwesimintsim coastal districts specifically at Sekondi Nkotompo to Assemindow stretch in July 2021. In all, over two tons of plastic waste were recovered.
