Mohamed Mansaray

West Africa

Mohamed mansaray was born 6 March 2003 in Masilmany wharf, Lokomasama chiefdom Portloko District.

A Sierra Leonean, by nationality, Mandingo by tribe and Muslim by religion, Mohamed attend St. Peter the Fishermen Catholic pre- & primary school Tombo Western Area Peninsula. He grew up playing football (soccer) as defender and is also a high school graduate from Comprehensive international high school Freetown. Mohamed was also once a group leader for a school health initiative, CAWEC.

Mohamed started his ocean plastics project in March 2021. His first beach clean up, in the Mahera beach community, has eighteen volunteers and collected 298 kg (656 lbs) of ocean bound plastics. Since then now, the group has done various beach cleaning events for the past year and are presently trying to establish efforts within five coastal communities: Mahera beach, Masilmany wharf, bailor wharf, Mama beach an Kissi town wharf.

The group, led by Mohamed, is working tirelessly to construct some PLASTICS PARKING POINTS for the benefits of securing and maintaining collected ocean plastics.

Since March 2021, Mohamed and his team of volunteers have collected over 2,178 kg (4,802 lbs).

Mohamed mission is to focus on beach cleaning, communities outreaching, schools educational teaching program an agricultural activities.