Accra has been named one of the world’s inaugural 20 Cities Towards Zero Waste by the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Zero Waste, with support from UN-Habitat and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The recognition, announced ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste on 30 March 2025, is a [...]
In the La-Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly (LANMMA), waste is evolving from a burden to a transformation. On 11th March 2026, GAYO and LANNMA formalised a partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a Material Recovery Facility. LANMMA is one of Ghana’s fastest-growing urban municipalities, and with rapid growth [...]
Clean air is fundamental to life. But in Ghana today, breathing has quietly become a daily health risk, one that most of us have simply learned to live with. Our cities are growing rapidly, but not always in ways that protect public health. Urbanization is often celebrated as a sign [...]
February 2026 marked an important moment in our journey to build a more inclusive and sustainable waste management system in Ghana. The team at Green Africa Youth Organization paid a courtesy call to the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, to formally share insights into the work we [...]
Madagascar today is facing a crisis that goes beyond power outages and dry taps. It is a crisis of national security. For decades, citizens have endured prolonged energy shortages and water scarcity. In 2018, promises of reform raised hopes, but the situation has only worsened. Today, 19 million out of [...]
The Green Africa Youth Organisation (GAYO), a youth-led, gender-balanced climate change and environmental advocacy group, has donated 30 bags of organic compost it produced to the Korle Bu Vegetable Farmers Association. The donation, made last Friday, was aimed at promoting sustainable organic farming practices among vegetable farmers in Korle Bu [...]
After attending GAYO's Youth Climate Leadership Training, Alice is ready to apply her new knowledge to make a difference. [...]
Concerned by the vast amount of plastics surrounding us, both on land and at sea, the global community, gathered in Nairobi in March 2022, agreed to develop a legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. Many have now referred to it as the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity [...]
The Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO), a youth-led environment and climate change advocacy group, has developed a comprehensive recycling framework for Accra, building on its existing zero-waste strategy. The Zero Waste Project Manager at GAYO, Jacob Johnson Attakpah, who was speaking at a stakeholders’ workshop to validate the framework in [...]