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Across many coastal communities in Africa, plastic, textile waste, and other debris move through a connected system of streets, drains, rivers, runoff, beaches, and the ocean. Some waste reaches the coast from land. Some is carried by tides and currents. And debris left on the shoreline can be pulled back into the water. Beaches are both collection points for pollution and critical places to intercept it.
Where waste collection, stormwater systems, public facilities, and disposal infrastructure cannot keep pace, that cycle becomes chronic. Volunteer cleanups matter, but on severely polluted shorelines they cannot remove waste at the volume or frequency required.
Without mechanized cleanup, reliable haul-off, and infrastructure that helps intercept waste before it reaches—or returns to—the water, the same coastline can be overwhelmed again. Coastal pollution affects more than the appearance of a beach: it can harm marine life and habitats, disrupt fishing and tourism, reduce usable public space, and place a continuing burden on coastal communities.
Waste from streets and communities can move through storm drains, rivers, and runoff toward the coast—making interception upstream and at the shoreline as important as cleanup.
When waste accumulates faster than local systems can remove it, beaches become collection points for plastic, textile debris, and other discarded materials.
Coastal pollution affects the people who fish, work, gather, and live along the shoreline—not just the beach itself.
Mayekoo works at the point where pollution meets the coast. We deploy mechanized operations—heavy equipment, industrial beach rakes, and contracted waste management—to remove waste at volumes manual cleanup alone cannot match. We coordinate haul-off so collected debris leaves the site, work alongside volunteers and local partners, and invest in practical infrastructure designed to intercept waste before it accumulates or re-enters the water.
That makes beach cleanup one part of a broader coastal restoration model. Ghana is our current proof of concept. The goal is a repeatable system that can expand across African coastlines where pollution is severe and trusted local partners are ready to work.
WHAT YOUR DONATION FUNDS
We deploy bulldozers, wheel loaders, industrial beach rakes, and dump trucks to remove waste at a scale and speed that volunteer efforts alone cannot achieve. One mechanized cleanup operation removes what would take hundreds of volunteer hours to clear manually.
Collected waste is transferred to contracted waste management companies and removed from the site. Waste left stockpiled near the shoreline can be redistributed by wind, rain, runoff, or tides. Haul-off turns removal into a complete operation rather than a temporary pile beside the beach.
We work alongside volunteers, students, and local organizations so that cleanup operations build visible community participation and long-term local investment in the coastline — not just a service delivered from outside.
Our goal is to add practical infrastructure that reduces waste before it accumulates: public restrooms, sorting bays, waste bins, floating trash-arresting booms, and enclosures that intercept debris before it reaches the waterline. Cleanup removes what is already there; interception helps reduce what comes next.
WORLD CLEANUP DAY
World Cleanup Day brings volunteers, partners and donors together around Mayekoo's ongoing coastal restoration work. Join us at Ananse Beach or help support the operation.
Mayekoo's mechanized cleanup at work in Accra
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Covers the day-to-day logistics that keep Mayekoo's work running.
Funds the heavy equipment work that volunteers alone cannot do.
Supports contracted haul-off so collected trash doesn't come back.
Helps fund booms, enclosures, and sorting bays that intercept pollution.
Supports cleanup, haul-off, infrastructure, and community engagement together.
Every contribution builds the systems Africa's coastlines need.
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Every Mayekoo project is documented with photos, field updates and GPS-verified location data — so you can see where the work happened and what changed.
Mayekoo's flagship coastal operation: a long-running mechanized and volunteer-powered cleanup restoring Labadi Beach, Accra's most visited shoreline. Operations combine heavy equipment with recurring community cleanup days — and every result is documented from the field.
Mayekoo implemented this coastal restoration exercise at Nungua Beach — combining mechanized operations and volunteer engagement to address years of accumulated waste and shoreline degradation: waste hauling, beach raking, shoreline restoration, stockpiling, and volunteer-led cleanup.
Mayekoo has partnered with Cenpower Generation Company Limited over the past two years to carry out the Sega Beach Cleanup in Kpone, Greater Accra Region. The initiative combines mechanized beach-cleaning operations with volunteer participation to remove accumulated waste from the coastline, with more than 1,200 metric tons removed to date. Over 120 volunteers have participated in the cleanup alongside heavy equipment, contributing to the restoration of the beach while raising awareness about responsible waste management and the importance of protecting Ghana’s coastal environment.
The initial phase at Chorkor focused on waste mapping, stockpiling, and consolidation with heavy machinery: over 1,000 metric tons identified and stockpiled along the shoreline. Despite weather and access challenges, approximately 33 metric tons of waste and 130 kg of plastic have been removed to date — with significant stockpiled waste scheduled for removal as part of Mayekoo's ongoing restoration activities. This effort has brought 300+ volunteers to help cleanup this beach.
Mayekoo organized volunteer and mechanized cleanup operations at Independence Square Beach in Osu, bringing together students and teachers from Lincoln Community School and community volunteers to help restore the shoreline. Across two cleanup days, approximately 76 volunteers contributed 292 hours and removed 11 tons of waste. Mayekoo also deployed its Beach Rake and tractor to support the volunteer effort and improve the efficiency of waste removal, combining community participation with mechanized coastal restoration.
Mayekoo is a U.S. 501(c)(3) public charity that works directly with vetted local partners to fund and help execute social-impact projects across Africa.
On coastal pollution, that means we do not write a check and walk away. We coordinate equipment deployment, manage haul-off logistics, work with contractors, local organizations, and community volunteers, and document the results so donors can see what happened on the ground.
Every project Mayekoo funds and helps deliver is reported back with GPS coordinates and field photos—so you can see where your support went and what it helped accomplish.
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Support Mayekoo's coastal cleanup, haul-off, community action, and pollution-interception work—and help protect African coastlines with practical, documented action.