Beneath the Red Sea, this social enterprise is turning marine conservation into a community movement.

From early dives with just 10 volunteers, Project Sea has grown into a network of more than 300 divers from 51 nationalities – half of them women – removing waste from the Gulf of Aqaba and driving environmental awareness across local communities.

Through the EU-funded programme From Innovation to Creation, implemented by SPARK and Alfanar, ProjectSea strengthened its model and embraced a critical shift: recognising that a nonprofit can generate its own income to sustain and grow its mission — the foundation of the social enterprise approach.

Their next step: more dives, more boats, and a community-driven model that expands across the region to protect marine environments.

Learn more about Alfanar’s support for enterprises like ProjectSea: www.alfanar.org

This video is funded by the European Union under the From Innovation to Creation programme, implemented by SPARK and Alfanar Venture Philanthropy, and the Green Forward programme, implemented at the meso level by SPARK.