The project aims to reduce the proliferation and use of chemicals in fishing and mining which result in the contamination of water bodies and affect human and aquatic animals. It will be implemented in two (2) riverside communities namely: Makpele and Soro Gbema chiefdoms for a period of 12 months. The organization shall organize community meetings where fishermen and other community stakeholders will be sensitized about the dangers of using mercury in gold mining and poisonous chemicals in fishing. Land protection and water rights management and sensitization will also be held. It shall further organize community advocacy groups on the protection of water and land in each of the locations and train them to enhance their ability in monitoring the activities of corporate mining companies and fishing groups using chemicals. They shall be provided with cell phones and cameras to facilitate their monitoring activities. Fishing communities will be provided with fishing gears and trained on sustainable fishing using International best practices.

The project will endeavor to contribute to addressing concerns of various stakeholders and communities in the project area. Specifically, the project shall:
1. Raise or alert downstream communities about any unusual events such as chemical application in mining or fishing in upstream rivers that will result to health challenges.
2. Control the use of chemicals that pollute the rivers which endangered human and aquatic lives
3. Provide sustainable alternative means of livelihood for the people in the area considering minimum health and environmental risks.
4. Provide reporting mechanisms for any early warning signs obtained from the utilization of chemicals by companies, or anybody either for mining or fishing purposes.
5. Map out the activities of mining companies that will likely endanger or undermine the environment and health of communities.
6. Promote the safe and healthy environment of communities.

The communities targeted for this intervention are located along the Moa and Mano Rivers close to the Sierra Leone and Liberia border, south-east of Sierra Leone. The inhabitants of this area derive their livelihoods from farming, fishing small scale mining of gold and copper from the rivers and use of the forests resources. In recent years, large mining corporations have begun gold mining in the areas, causing pollution to the river and causing harm to the wide life and the people who live in the locality.

These mining companies have cleared forests to dig the mines and are causing pollution to the river and the streams. Many kinds of birds, animals, fishes and plants have disappeared as a result of these activities. The rivers have been polluted by the chemical spills from waste ponds and from acid mine drainage.