The Fishme Ishmi project

Youth Water Community Central and Eastern Europe (YWC CEE) was born during the GWP CEE Summer School in July 2017 in Warsaw, Poland. The Fishme Ishmi is a youth-led project developed by this newly established Youth Water Community, aiming at reducing the plastic pollution of the river Ishmi in Albania. According to different studies this river is considered as the most polluted river in Albania, with the quantities of ammonia, nitrogen dioxide, and suspended solids exceeding highly the EU legal limits. The main projects objectives of this project are: to raise awareness in schools and the community about the water pollution, to capture and recycle plastic from the basin and to create green job. This project focuses on: assessment of current status, raising awareness activities, educational activities and clean up campaigns.