Proposed focus area
Odaw River
A city river linking Accra's streets to the sea, where plastic travels from drains to the shore.
West Africa
Ghana
Proposed focus area
The Odaw in Accra: from city drains to the sea.
Geography and context
Ghana sits on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. The Odaw drains the Accra area and reaches the Atlantic by way of the Korle Lagoon.
A 2023 catchment study found that plastic moved most heavily in the urban river, and that litter on land was densest in the urban tidal zone.
Proposed focus area
Opportunities we may explore
Proposals only. Nothing has started.
- Learn from groups already running cleanups and prevention work on the Odaw.
- Explore support for litter-prevention ideas that suit the neighborhoods around the river.
- Look at how river-to-sea pathways can be monitored in simple, repeatable ways.
- Offer technical and business skills where local teams ask for them.
Organizations to explore
Listings are informational and do not imply a partnership with Flow for Tomorrow.
Organization to exploreWorks on this waterway
River Cleanup, Ghana program
An international organization whose Ghana program focuses on plastic pollution in the Odaw River, combining awareness, cleanup events and prevention measures. It is not a locally founded NGO.
Official website of River Cleanup, Ghana program (external site)
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