A thatched home is enclosed by a skillfully constructed fence at Kewunor, a coastal community in the Ada East neighbourhood of the Greater Accra area, which is located along the Volta River.
Plastic bottles that were left on the beaches near the estuary of the Volta River were meticulously used to build and create the rectangular barrier.
The developer, Jonas Zomelo, welcomed a group of aspiring climate change journalists into his new residence and pointed to a section of the wall covered in a pattern of various brand names of plastic bottles to explain how the rising level of plastic pollution in the neighbourhood influenced his invention.
"When I first started, the locals were curious about what I was doing. However, several of them have since asked me to construct one for them," he said.
Traditionally, it has been assumed that a carpenter is skilled at using wood for his ideas and building, but Jonas is the living antithesis of the woodcraft speciality.
He incorporated the ability to repurpose plastic trash into a range of artworks and structures after realising the damaging impacts of plastic waste on the ecosystem.
He is currently experimenting with various interlocking designs to construct a sturdy wall out of the many plastic trash piled behind the thatched hut inside the fence.
I made the decision to employ technology to assist minimise garbage because I observed so much of it in the environment. Jonas casually recited his method of instruction: "I went on YouTube to discover how to connect the bottles.
He gets a lot of the rubbish from revellers who come coastal settlements to take in the scenic views of the estuary while savouring the cool wind and leave tonnes of plastic debris on the beaches.
He occasionally gets his supplies from the trash left behind some of the homes of people who live right along the Volta River.
It would take Jonas close to 24 hours of interconnecting the bottles and building them on the sandy soil to finish one full edge of the rectangular plastic fence.
In order to realise his ambition of using plastic to construct a tourist attraction, Jonas, a passionate young environmentalist, is prepared to teach others in the community the skills he has learned.
"I put in little effort. I can't do it alone," he declared, insisting that the community's efforts to reuse plastic garbage will help to save his "drowning" hamlet.
Kewunor and Azizanya villages are submerged
Among the effects of climate change that inland residents see are altered weather patterns and rising temperatures.
However, those who live near the shore must contend with both the hot heat and the increasing sea levels.
Between the Volta River and the Gulf of Guinea, two settlements called Kewunor and Azizanya are cut off.
But as the tide rises, villages on the peninsula that frequently flood are being steadily eroded.
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