KENYA INTERNATIONAL FIELD PROGRAM Silvia Perugachi

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KENYA INTERNATIONAL FIELD PROGRAMSilvia
PerugachiSeptember 26, 2008IFP Kenya
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Takaungu, Kenya Population in Kilifi district
is 500,000 and in Takaungu is 40,000 72 of
population in Kilifi live below the poverty
level Majority of people in Takaungu live on
less than 2 a day
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With the Members of Takaungu Beach Management
Unit at Vuma Landing Site

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Using mullet nets for fishing in the Indian Ocean
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Norman (right), BMU Chairman, Charo (center),
BMU Secretary - our translators
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Kadzo and Mama Umu, two Mama Karangas (fish
fryers)
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BACKGROUND

• Founded on June 22nd 2006.
• 89 members
• 14 tons of fish
• Annual cost of 1,400,000 Kenyan Shillings
  23,000
• Fishing gears
• 10 bicycles
• 50 monofilament fishing nets (nyavuzamk)
• 2 deep freezers
• 1 40 HP engine
• 21 mullet nets
• 20 ribbon fish nets
• 9 coral fish nets
• 2 dug out canoes (donated by the Vice Chairman)
• 1 weighing scale (donated by one of the committee
  members)

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PROJECT GOAL

• Create employment opportunities
• through fishing and trading
• Increase fish stock of the coastal region
• Create environmental awareness for the community

Takaungu Creek
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OBJECTIVES

• Establish working partnership with Kenya Marine
  and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI)
• Provide training to executive board and
  sub-committee members
• Increase number of members for Takaungu BMU.
• Evaluate the success or failures to improve the
  organizational structure of Takaungu BMU.

KMFRI Headquarters, Mombasa
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Monitoring fishing nets after catch of the day
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CHALLENGES

• Language barrier
• Other researchers previously promising to deliver
  financial support
• Trust-based issues thinking volunteers would
  report their fishing activities to the local
  government or authorities
• Conflict between members and non-members
• Fishermen working schedule
• Encouraging community members participation
• Lack of women participation
• Lack of education (analytical and conflict
  solving skills)

Non-members unwilling to pay the shore fee
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SUCCESSES

Visit from Dr. Kimani, from KMFRI in Mombasa

• Training Workshop for BMU executive board and
  sub-committee members

Training the Finance Committee on double-entry
bookkeeping with the help of EAC accountant
Training Norman (Chairman) on basic computer
skills
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FUTURE STEPS

• Continue advanced training on topics
• Increase the number of women members
• Obtain a cold storage mechanism
• Establish a working relationship with Ujamaa
  Center in Mombassa
• Invite neighboring fishing communities to learn
  from Takaungu's experiences
• Develop low cost marketing channels and expand
  fish selling opportunities.
• Continue educating the community in the
  ecological and economic situation

View of the creek during high tide
View of the creek during low tide
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BACKGROUND

• Founded by EAC
• Members 21 (one male)
• Independent micro-enterprise
• Separated from EAC in January 2008
• Specializes in bags, purses, skirts, and baby
  dresses

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OBJECTIVES

• Educate members on organizational and managerial
  skills
• Seek local vendors to promote Takaungu Sewing
  Club products

Kritine sewing a Mama Rukia Bag (laptop bag)
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CHALLENGES

• Communication due to lack of language skills
• Lack of education among members
• Encouraging the members to work in the classroom
  provided by EAC
• Enforcing efficiency and timeliness of orders
• Discouraging female members of the Club to bring
  their children to work
• Record-keeping receipts and financial
  statements
• Maintaining an organized tailoring/order book
• Maintaining cleanliness in the workspace area

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SUCCESSES

• Cleaned and organized their office and sewing
  room
• Established working relationship with a store in
  Mombasa, and a resort in Kilifi
• Enforced quality control
• Emphasized consequences due to poor quality of
  products, and customer dissatisfaction
• Received orders from local resort in Kilifi
• Explain the benefits of using classroom instead
  of completing orders at home
• Kept a detailed record of each placed order
• Use blackboard to monitor all orders placed and
  delivered

Office Room
Sewing Room
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Thank You!