Gerald Gambo, Kaya Kinondo Forest Conservation Group Project Coordinator displaying some of the artefacts made by women at the group’s showroom/Photo by Mazera Ndurya Tourism has always been the economic mainstay of the coast region with stories of the once vibrant industry still being told albeit not with the enthusiasm of yesteryears. Gone are the…
Kinondo village women working on their weaving different artefacts. Online marketing facilitated with funds from the Go Blue project has seen their business thrive. For decades, the Mijikenda elders, who are the custodians of the community’ rich cultural heritage, have singlehandedly carried the task of conservation of the sacred forests, commonly known as kayas, for…
A picturesque view of the Mtwapa creek from Kwetu Training Centre/Photo by Mazera Ndurya For decades, mangroves have been known to be breeding areas for fish, one of the main economic mainstays of the coastal communities. However, the quest to conserve the mangrove ecosystem, a new economic activity – ecotourism is gaining ground in the…
One of the glass boats in Diani beach, Kwale County that have seen an increase in clients through the support of the Kaaribu Experiences project, one of the tour companies that benefitted from the Go Blue project funding to promote tourism/Photo By Mazera Ndurya Traditionally, Mohamed Ali, who runs a massage parlor at the Diani…
Common Interest CEO Julius Musyoka showing off some fish carvings made from his workshop/Photo Mazera Ndurya There goes the saying that a picture is worth a thousand words, likewise, a simple wooden carving can tell a story of a community’s culture. This is what Julius Musyoka, founder of Common Interest, a beneficiary of small business…
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…
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…
