Women from Bonje living adjacent Mwache forest in Kinango sub county, Kwale County receiving energy-saving cookstoves after undergoing training/Photo Mazera Ndurya As climate change continues to ravage the core of the food chain, women and children tend to bear the brunt of this phenomenon. The demand for firewood has far outweighed the tree cover leading…
R-L Dr Zipporah Gathuya Paediatric Anaesthesiologist, Prof Daniela Filipescu President of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA), Dr Faye Evans member of the Lifebox Global Governance Council and Dr Elizabeth Igaga Director of Program Safety at Smile Train. Johannesburg, South Africa – Lack of capnography, a tool for detecting a leading cause of…
Some of the carvings in the expanded showroom at the Millennium Handcraft Cooperative. The expansion was done with funding from Camões What started as a simple pastime to make his son a wooden toy car, has now shaped Julius Musyoka into an accomplished designer and sculptor of great repute in Kenya. Musyoka stumbled into this…
A picturesque view of the Mtwapa creek from the Kwetu Training Centre viewpoint/ Photo By Mazera Ndurya For decades, members of the Kidongo Beach Management Unit (BMU) in Majaoni, a fishing community group have rowed across the Mtwapa creek eking their living as fishers. Fishing is their main economic activity using the creek which bestrides…
Mombasa County’s only gazetted forest, the mangroves, is under severe threat from urban development, logging, and charcoal burning. However, hope has been rekindled by the efforts of a community-based organization (CBO) called Community Environmental Sustainable Mariculture (COMENSUM). Located in Majaoni village, which borders Kilifi County, COMENSUM has established an eco-friendly information center and restaurant on…
A participant from Lamu, Aziza making a point at the stakeholders’ meeting on the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Fishing Gear Marking in Mombasa/ Photo Mazera Ndurya Cases of boats being entangled by abandoned fishing gear in the ocean are not a new phenomenon along the Kenyan coast. As fishermen tell their harrowing stories of marine…
Munje rangers. Photo by COMRED. On a bright Wednesday morning at Munje Beach, the atmosphere buzzed with excitement as members of the Munje Beach Management Unit (BMU) scurried along the shoreline. The day marked not just the eagerly anticipated harvest of octopus from their protected area, but also the launch of a new speedboat—a crucial…
