A youth-led environmental and climate change advocacy group, the Green Africa Youth Organisation (GAYO), has held a two-day summit and training programme for young people focused on waste management and environmental sustainability. The summit, which took place at the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) at [...]
The leadership of the Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO), jointly led by Executive Director Richard Martey and Co-founder Desmond Alugnoa, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability to present the prestigious 2024 Earthshot Prize and explore opportunities for deeper cooperation. GAYO was announced [...]
The Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) has hosted a community engagement and sensitization event to commemorate International Zero Waste Day. The event, held last Thursday at Teshie in the Ledzekokuku Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, aimed to promote environmental sustainability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, especially methane. The sensitisation [...]
The Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) has organized a clean-up exercise in the Ledzokuku Municipality as part of efforts to heighten awareness of the need for a clean environment. The exercise, held in Teshie, was a follow-up to a community engagement held by the NGO last week to educate the [...]
The carbon accounting training is equipping young professionals with technical expertise and real-world experience to shape a new generation of climate leaders [...]
The Clean Air Fund has expressed commitment to support the waste management project implemented by the Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO), a youth-led environment-oriented organization to promote air quality. The initiative, the Zero Waste Cities project, which promotes separation of waste, stakeholder awareness and reduction of waste burning, has been [...]
The Green African Youth Organisation (GAYO), a youth-led environment and climate change advocacy group, has held a capacity-building workshop for waste workers on clean air and methane gas management. The one-day workshop held at the La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) in Accra last Thursday (March 20, 2025) aimed at promoting [...]
Choked gutters, burning waste, and toxic air—this is the daily reality in parts of La Dade Kotopon. In response, residents, municipal authorities, and environmental advocates joined forces in a large-scale clean-up effort aimed at improving air quality and promoting waste segregation. Organised by the La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LADMA) [...]
Accra is facing a growing waste problem, with a staggering 30% of its daily waste left uncollected. The city’s streets are cluttered, drains are clogged, and the environment is struggling under the weight of unmanaged waste. Accra generates over 5,000 metric tons of municipal solid waste every day, and Engineer [...]