Welcome to Oceans Alive
Welcome to our Leap blog which means you are one of our Leap team or friends or family of a Leaper with us in Kenya. It is an intense time with everyone finding their friends and making connections that often last for many years. It is important that everyone brings positivity and puts the community first. We hope all Leapers will get a new or enhanced understanding of their impact on the environment and so being aware of energy use, plastic, water, petrol - all of our consumption - is important. We hope Leapers will see - rather than be told - and make adjustments accordingly.
We have a fantastic team for the trip: - Ed - a Chemistry graduate and expert in marine glue (Glueman!), and Shae - a born and bred Kenyan who is expert at fish species and studying Zoology. Both team leaders report directly to Tilda - our boss - who comes is our voice of reason and somehow seems to see and know everything! Dolphin is boss lady at Pope and is the go-to person for anything you need at Pope, Juma is Head of Maintenance and teaches Swahili and is probably the most positive person you’ll ever meet, Patrick our driver, Godfrey - our resident chef, Mama Dama and Mama Shamba take care of the housekeeping, While Oumar, Michael are in charge of security and Eluid looks after the garden and grounds. The whole team are friendly and keen to make your stay as enjoyable as possible.
You may meet Des - our CEO and Founder of Oceans Alive, Katana - our coral expert and general superstar, Cameron for some serious facts about coral and the whole team in the office who hopefully you will get to meet and know.
A little bit about us:
Oceans Alive is an award winning non-profit organisation based in Kuruwitu, Kenya. We work towards marine conservation from a community-based approach. Everything we do is with the community and to benefit the community in balance with nature. We are busy restoring coral; protecting precious fish breeding areas; coral restoration; turtle protection; initiating and installing permaculture / regen agriculture projects to ensure food security for our surrounding communities; creating alternative livelihood opportunities; and building a network of like-minded coastal community conservation projects in Kenya. All of these projects are the mainstay of the activities with students from The Leap.
Our much valued Leapers are a big support - financially - and also in helping out with all our projects; learning as they work with us. Our program is based on a ‘living classroom’ model where students get to learn and experience life in Kenya and hopefully take home many photos, stories, and life lessons - good times and friends for ever of course!
Have a look at our website on:-
https://www.oceansalivekenya.org/
Or watch a short film about us on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZYLwWPK_9g
This is a link to a CGTN news item for World Ocean Day on 8th June 2023
And the television piece on our coral restoration work on CGTN news:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD5Onk9Ppvg
This is a link to a program made about Katana at Kuruwitu:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2DDp6PW8zrCUzLY8EPW-jA
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