SPOT IT. PICK IT UP. DROP IT RIGHT. PASS IT ON.
Clean where you stand.
Clean Ghana Challenge helps people take simple action for cleaner public spaces in Ghana.
When you see waste around you, pick what is safe, drop it in the right place, share the action, and invite someone else to do the same.
We are starting with a habit anyone can practise: clean where you stand.
No meeting needed to begin. Pick a spot near you this week and start.
WHY THIS EXISTS
Clean Ghana Challenge brings people together to take simple, practical action for cleaner public spaces in Ghana.
After the floods, many of us were reminded that waste is not just unpleasant to look at. When it is left in the wrong places, it blocks drains, affects communities, and puts public safety at risk.
Government, assemblies, waste companies, schools, churches, workplaces, and communities all have a role to play.
This is our part: start where we are, clean what we can safely clean, dispose properly, show the action, and pass the habit on.
We start small. Then we build.
The challenge is simple.
You do not need a team, a meeting, or a special event to start. You only need one safe action.
1. Spot it
Notice waste around you. It could be near your home, workplace, church, school, shopfront, roadside, market area, or bus stop.
2. Pick it up
Pick only what is safe to handle. Use gloves or a bag where possible. Do not touch sharp objects, medical waste, chemicals, floodwater, or anything risky.
3. Drop it right
Put it in a proper bin, public skip, collection point, or approved disposal site. If there is no proper place to dispose of waste in your area, let us know.
4. Tag it
Take a photo or short video. Post it with #CleanGhanaChallenge and #SpotItDropItTagIt. You can also send it to us directly so we can repost.
5. Pass it on
Tag a friend. Share it on your status. Invite someone to join. Challenge a school, church, workplace, family group, or neighbourhood to do the same. Then do it again when you can.
SAFETY FIRST
Small and safe is better than dramatic and dangerous.
Please do not enter drains, floodwater, traffic lanes, construction areas, or unsafe spaces for this challenge.
Do not handle:
Broken glass
Needles or medical waste
Chemical containers
Human waste
Dead animals
Sharp metal
Anything you are not sure about
Use gloves where possible. Carry a bag. Wash your hands after.
If something is unsafe, take a photo from a safe distance and report the location instead.
Help us map where waste can actually go.
Cleaning only works when people know where to put the waste.
We are building a simple area-by-area record of proper disposal points: public bins, public skips, municipal collection points, market disposal areas, institutional bins, approved disposal sites, and other safe places people can use.
If your area has no safe disposal point, tell us. That gap matters.
Over time, this information can help us make practical requests for bins, collection support, partnerships with waste companies, and better waste systems in the communities that need them.
This starts with picking up waste. It does not end there.
Short term
Get the habit going. Encourage people to share proof of action. Invite others to join. Begin identifying proper disposal points and disposal gaps around us.
Medium term
Build monthly clean-up days, school challenges, church groups, workplace teams, community clean-up walks, Area Starters, stickers, badges, and practical resources for people who keep showing up.
Long term
Use the evidence we collect to support real solutions: bins, collection support, disposal partnerships, community waste points, sponsor-backed clean-up kits, and practical policy conversations.
This is how a small habit can grow into public culture.
Recognition, not prizes.
Clean Ghana Challenge is not about who makes the most noise. It is about consistency.
We recognise people, schools, churches, workplaces, and communities that show up, document their action, and help the habit spread.
First Timer
5x Challenge
10x Challenge
Area Starter
Disposal Point Mapper
Pass It On Champion
School of the Week
Church Group of the Week
Workplace of the Week
Community of the Week
Recognition is our way of saying: we see you, and your example can help someone else begin.
Start where you are.
Pick one safe spot near you. Clean what you can. Drop it right. Tag the challenge. Pass it on.
That is enough to begin.