Robinson Island is
located in the north coast along lamu road with a diversion from Gongoni Salt
factory. Roughly 36 km from Malindi town, as you approach
Robinson Island you can admire the
salt basins of Gongoni kensalt, as raw salt is harvested and the beauty of the mangroves bushes.
The island already
has over 5 million mangroves but the community has been cutting down the
mangroves for personal gains i.e. firewood and timber, thus a big need to plant
more and sensitize the community on mangrove conservation. On our second season
of mangrove planting at Robinson Island we were joined with 19 rotaract clubs, and
over 75
rotaractors , we planted 10,000 mangroves, this was the largest turnout since its inception last year ,they included:
Rotaract club of Malindi: host club
Rotaract club of Karura: co-host visiting
Rotaract club of CUEA
Rotaract club of Kampala South
Rotaract club of Westlands
Rotaract club of Kikuyu
Rotaract club of Youth Zone
Rotaract club of Nairobi Central
Rotaract club of Nairobi East
Rotaract club of Nairobi Parklands
Rotaract club of Nairobi Mashariki
Rotaract club of Winam
Rotaract club of Muthaiga
Rotaract club of JKUAT
Rotaract club of UoN
Rotaract club of Pwani university
Rotaract club of North coast
Rotaract club of industrial area
Rotaract club of Lang’ata
And many guest friends invited by the various clubs
On our arrival at the island just like
last year our bus got stuck and our efforts to get it out
of the sand were futile. We got external help of breakdown and we proceeded to
plant the mangroves, then we had to reconnect to the main island, we had a long
adventure walk Interacting with locals, passing through the mangrove thickets
viewing nature, and when the heat was intense some of us swam in water to cool
off .
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| pushing the stuck bus |
The Proprietor
of Robinson Island as famously known “Mama Goody” has been on the forefront in
mangrove conservation, she owns the Island and hosts part of the community too.
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| Mama Goody on the left with Rotaractors |
With the Green concept initiative, we came together to plant the mangrove to
protect the coastal shores from eroding and also protect the habitat that
depends on mangrove for survival, we were joined by the pupils from the school
who are supported by Robinson island.
We donated books and other stationeries for the pupils and we had fun moments with them. mm
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| books and stationery for the school |
Next year we hope to make it bigger and much more
successful
#mangrove_conservation
#green_concept
#Dont_Be_mean_Go_Green
