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Weʼve raised £8,012 to support education programs and marine conservation charities in East Africa by kitesurfing 1000km from Lamu (Kenya) to Zanzibar (Tanzania)
- Watamu, Kilifi County, Kenya
- Funded on Monday, 6th March 2017
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East African Board Riders, through the 1,000km Lamu To Zanzibar downwinder expedition in 2017 aim to raise funds and awareness for marine education programs in East Africa, and will be supporting both Local Ocean Trust (LOT) and the African Billfish Foundation (ABF) in their excellent work through their education programs.
The LOT Conservation Education Program welcomes local, national and international schools and Universities. Thirty local schools are currently taking part in the Conservation Education program. LOT offer children the opportunity to learn about the importance and benefits of protecting their local marine environments and all its inhabitants. LOT believe that an effective education program combined with the incentive for the next generation to 'Love Their Local Ocean' could make a dramatic positive impact on the future of the marine environment.
The African Billfish Foundation work closely with LOT through their ‘Outreach and Education Program’. This program aims to contribute to the advancement of knowledge about the marine environment and its preservation to local communities along the Kenya coast. Specifically, effort is focused on the provision of information about the pelagic environment to young people.
In January 2017 a group of 6 kitesurfers and 2 windsurfers will attempt to navigate the full length of the Kenya Coast, from Lamu to Zanzibar. The straight-line distance between the 2 spice islands is 600 kilometres but they will cover nearly twice that as they zig-zag their way down the East African coastline.
The riders were all born in Kenya and include: Boris Polo, Craig, Jason and Marc Rogers, Justin Aniere, Alessandro and Stefano Rabbiosi, and George Issaias.
All funds received go directly to the charities. The team are self funding all expedition costs.
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7 years agoSome more detail about Local Ocean Conservation's Marine Environmental Education Programme, one of the two beneficiaries of the EABR Lamu To Zanzibar 2017 downwinder
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147
Anonymous
Feb 28, 2017
Well done boys!!.. Good work!Cheers, PZ
Anonymous
Feb 8, 2017
Well done guys! An amazing effort, and such a great cause!Very best wishes, The Zibs
Sally Hoare
Feb 5, 2017
Well done Jason the and team. A great achievement!
£20.00
Gill Rogers and Julie Murphy
Feb 4, 2017
Well done to all the team on your amazing achievement. Much love especially to Craig, Jason and Marc from Gill, Julie and all the family xxxx
£140.00
Sarah Withey
Feb 3, 2017
Fantastic achievement !
£30.00
Divya Hiremath
Feb 2, 2017
Well done Craig! Sorry, was on holiday and clean forgot! Best,Divya
£20.00
Kris Collyer
Feb 1, 2017
Nice one boys... truly awesome adventure makes me wish I could ride the wind rather than just be full of it :-)
£100.00
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EAST African Board Riders
Watamu, Kilifi County, Kenya
East African Boardriders is a not for profit association. Funds raised go directly to the charities (the EABR team members are funding their own costs of this expedition)