Life on the Kenyan coast is precarious. Overfishing has severely depleted local waters, and the local community, who rely on this essential food source, are working hard to improve and increase local marine biodiversity, whilst ensuring they can still source food to eat and earn a living.
Kenya's coastal region faces escalating degradation due to population growth, poverty, and rise in small-scale fishers. Overfishing has severely depleted local waters, endangering fragile reef ecosystems and fisher income. Destructive fishing practices and loss of marine biodiversity have resulted in reduced yields, exacerbating poverty. The negative effects of climate change and impact from the Covid pandemic have also intensified challenges on land, jeopardising local lives and livelihoods.
Working together with our grassroots partner Oceans Alive Kenya, the project aims to boost local marine biodiversity, ensuring sustainable food and income for the community. The focus is on empowering the Mama Karangas, a unique group of women who play a vital, unrecognised role in local fish supply. By providing equipment, enhancing hygiene, and raising awareness about their vital role, the project will enhance community well-being and safeguard the health of the reefs and ocean they depend on.
By empowering Mama Karangas in leadership roles in the Kuruwitu area they will recognise their hidden strength as the mainspring that drives the supply of fish inland and along the coast, enabling the women to become guardians of sustainable fisheries, and share knowledge. By educating Mama Karangas to reject immature fish and support the use by fishers of legal fishing gear they will also help reduce illegal, under-sized fish catches to improve local marine life.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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