Giving Compass' Take:

• Local volunteers, industries and the Philippino government are finally launching a massive clean-up campaign for the extremely polluted bodies of water: Manila Bay.

• How can donors help support those cleaning up Manila Bay? How can more environmental laws be put into place in the Philippines to avoid more pollution?

• Learn about why governments need to work together when it comes to water pollution. 

Thousands of people in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, have been participating in a massive clean-up of Manila Bay over the past several weeks, according to the Philippines-based news site Rappler.

The effort is part of a larger movement throughout the country to deal with the growing problem of plastic waste. The campaign in Manila is called the “Battle for Manila Bay” to emphasize how heavily polluted the body of water has become. Plastic pollution covers the bay’s shores, crowds its waves, and causes frequent harm to marine creatures, according to the environmental nonprofit Greenpeace. It’s known among environmentalists as an “unflushed toilet.”

Read the full article on cleaning Manila Bay in the Philippines by Joe McCarthy at Global Citizen