Support our international projects
Protecting the environment means protecting people. Everywhere.
When we think of plastic pollution, we often picture seas, beaches, and forests.
But behind every damaged environment, there are also people.
Children growing up without access to safe water.
Communities living alongside waste and dumpsites. Ecosystems upon which the food, jobs, and health of entire families depend.
That is why Plastic Free's international projects are not limited to environmental protection: they put the people who live in it at the center.
Through a network present in over 40 countries, we work alongside local communities to promote:
environmental education- scientific research
- biodiversity protection
- sustainable development pathways
because the health of the Planet and that of the people are inseparable.
Where we are
The projects we are carrying forward.
Each intervention stems from meeting a community and continues over time. Here you will find active projects and the results achieved so far.
Pearls of Africa
The project with which we are building the first Plastic Free Children’s Home in Uganda: not just a home, but a place to welcome vulnerable children, support their growth, and offer them education, care, and new opportunities.
Every child has the right to a safe place to grow up and the opportunity to build their own future.
In Wakitaka, in the Jinja district, we met a group of children who grew up in conditions of great vulnerability, for whom access to school, adequate nutrition, and a safe environment is not always guaranteed.
From this encounter, Pearls of Africa was born — the project with which we are building the first Plastic Free Children's Home in Uganda: not just a home, but a place to welcome vulnerable children, support their growth, and offer them education, care, and new opportunities.
A project we want to grow over time, to give a chance to more and more children.
The project has already started. Now we need to give it a future.
We found a house, started the process for the facility's official recognition, and guaranteed school access for school-age children.
But Pearls of Africa is not meant to stop here.
With your donation, we can ensure continuity for what we have started, welcome more children who need us, and accompany them until they are ready to independently build their own future.
Our goals
- A safe homeProvide the children we welcome with a stable, protected, and dignified place to live and grow, supporting the necessary steps for the Children's Home to operate on solid foundations recognized by local authorities.
- School and futureEnsure every school-age child has the opportunity to attend school, supporting tuition fees, uniforms, educational materials, and everything needed to give continuity to their education.
- Care and daily needsGuarantee nutrition, safe water, hygiene, healthcare, and everything needed to grow in dignified and protected conditions.
- Growing by caringIntegrate an environmental education program into their journey that teaches them to understand and protect the land where they live. We want the children of today to become ambassadors of sustainability in their communities tomorrow.
Living Waters
With Living Waters we want to take care of the water and those who live thanks to it: clean the lake, recover ghost nets, bring safe water to schools, and involve fishermen and local communities in its protection.
Protecting water means protecting life.
Lake Victoria provides water, food, and livelihoods to millions of people, but plastic and abandoned fishing nets threaten its ecosystem and the communities that depend on it every day.
With Living Waters we want to take care of the water and those who live thanks to it: clean the lake, recover ghost nets, bring safe water to schools, and involve fishermen and local communities in its protection.
The project has already started. Now we need to help it grow.
With your donation, we can restore life to Lake Victoria and bring safe water to those living on its shores.
Our goals
- 52 clean-ups per yearOne intervention every week on the shores and in the waters of Lake Victoria, with a focus on plastic and abandoned fishing nets.
- Safe water in schoolsBring filtration systems to schools in Kampala and to communities without safe access to drinking water.
- Fishermen as protagonistsMeet and involve local fishermen to prevent net dispersion, recover abandoned ones, and build solutions together that protect the lake and their future.
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Available projects in "International projects":
Your contribution protected, tracked, and transparent
50% direct to the project. The other half keeps the association alive and enables future projects.
Public accountability. We publish where every collected euro goes.
Tax deductible. You will receive a receipt valid for tax deduction.
Cancel anytime. Monthly donations are flexible and with no strings attached.
