Meet the team
Under the coordination of the project leader Joel and the advice of the founders, numerous international as well as local volunteers are bringing TRASHEROES closer to achieving its goals with their continuous efforts and dedication.
Max Kückels & Teresa Martínez Galán - Founders
"Helping the community to help itself is a principle that has inspired our idea of TRASHEROES and it continues to be its driving force. While we ensure the educational and infrastructural support, the community is actively involved in our activities as we try to reduce and manage waste in a sustainable way."
Joel Elphas - Project Coordinator
"I am passionate about community development which leads people to become active agents of change in environmental and social initiatives. I hope to change people's views, attitudes, and behavior regarding waste which I am constantly trying to achieve through conserving our environment in Mwanza as a TRASHERO. The Earth is what we all have in common."
Emiliano Aguilar - Volunteer leader
"As a part of TRASHEROES, I had the chance to learn about sustainable solutions for one of the biggest environmental problems that the world is facing nowadays: plastic pollution.
The project is challenging myself to come up with new ideas to help Tanzanian communities and leave a mark on them. TRASHEROES also enabled me to work with awesome people and create lifetime relationships."