Sponsor: Ashoka Innovators for the Public (nominal)
Project Information
Project duration: 3 Years
Project's area of focus: Green Technology
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Along the Kenya coast, fishermen and aquarium collectors have cleaned out most of the reef fish in almost every location. The only locations left with small populations of reef fish are the marine parks, but they are very small in area, poached regularly, as they are under extreme threat. Climate change is adding to the reduction in marine life and is also creating endemic poverty. Without adequate supplies of fish the fishermen must find other options to take care of their families.
Activities
We train fishermen how to conserve the marine environment and teach new fishing methods. By providing an artificial reef we will increase the fish population and provide new income generating opportunities.
Expected Outcomes
The indigenous fishing groups who have relied on the stocks of reef fish for their livelihoods, in terms of their own consumption and for sale to the local market, mainly tourist hotels, will no longer suffer due to the implementation of our program.
Project Message
We have considerably more aggressive wave action as the increasing violent weather patterns are pounding the coast and weakening the coral reefs.
- Adam Tuller, Chairman/Founder
Project Contact
Adam Tuller,
Chief Executive Officer
17 Karen Connection Karen Road Nairobi, Kenya 15192-00509
Kenya
254-20-883-432
Our mission requires the generation on a large scale of alternate sources of fast growing trees for charcoal and firewood. Our goal is to stop the destruction of the forests of Kenya for charcoal, and start restoring the national forest cover through these missions and vital interventions, building capacity with rural people for reforestation and the conservation of their forests and environment.
Organization's Programs
Following on from two project areas in the Aberdares the trust has set up a base in the Lake Magadi region and the coast province of Kenya.Biofuels crops are being added to our programs to further boost our rural communities wealth creating potential.
Organization Statistics
Adam George Henry Tuller,
Chairman
Founded in 2001
Employees: 12
Volunteers: 8
Personnel Overview
Adam Tuller - Chairman/Founder
Adam has been working in marine conservation for over 10 years. His devotion to saving the coasts of Kenya has led him to develop the program of reversing marine deserts.
Stacy Harris - Program Manager
Stacy graduated from Colgate University in 1988 with a degree in Education. He has been a teacher, social worker and NGO Director for the last 20 years. He joined ACT to help combat global warming and to make a difference in African communities.
