Promoting the 3Rs to attain a plastic free environment in conjunction with addressing environmental migration

The project promotes the 3Rs – Reduce, Recycle, and Reuse in the Kampala district of Uganda. It seeks to reduce the littering of plastic by educating the masses on waste management and ensure that wastes are responsibly handled. Furthermore, it aims to promote recycling by converting plastic waste into other valuable materials that can be sold to improve the livelihoods of youth. Through this process, the project also addresses the issue of environmental migration (which has heightened in the region as a result of climate change) by providing skills for alternative economic activities and empowerment of masses. The youth-led organization, Hitaji Africa also works to share knowledge on nutrition so as to enable young mothers and other youth to eat responsibly in order to eradicate malnutrition and infant mortality rate. Additionally, they impart youth with knowledge on sex education to eradicate the problem of early or forced marriages and teenage pregnancies.