ABSOLUTEThe Ocean Project Seychelles (TOP)
In response to the global issues of marine
plastic pollution affecting Seychelles, two
young women, Zara Pardiwalla and Karine
Rassool co-founded The Ocean Project
Seychelles (TOP) in November 2016 with
a mission to tackle the problem through
education, action and research.
Since its establishment the Ocean Project
have hosted 41 coastal clean ups, engaged
1200 volunteers and have collected over
8+ tons of rubbish consisting of plastics.
This passionate group combine education
and action on the plastic pollution issue, of
which another goal is to spark positive and
lasting changes in consumer habits.
Biggest Beach Clean UpOn the 15th September 2018, to
commemorate World CleanUp Day, TOP in
collaboration with LWMA and the Seychelles
Sustainable Tourism Foundation (SSTF)
hosted the “Seychelles’ Biggest Beach Clean
Up”, which was the biggest NGO and private
sector collaboration in Seychelles and saw the
participation of over 700 people, cleaning 27
beaches across 7 islands and collected 3.5+
tons of rubbish (supported by the GEF Small
Grants Programme and the Environment
Trust Fund).Seychelles are
combating the
scourge of plastic in
community building
and innovative ways.