Welcome to Save Lamu

The mission of Save Lamu is to engage communities and stakeholders to ensure participatory decision-making so as to achieve sustainable and responsible development and preserve the environmental, social and cultural integrity of the Lamu community

Objectives:

The objectives of Save Lamu are to undertake the following in Lamu County:

• Raise awareness on the environmental, social, and political challenges facing the peoples and environs of Lamu
• Document and raise awareness on community knowledge, practices and rights over communally managed lands
• Foster sustainable and responsible development and use of natural resources
• Preserve the cultural and social identity of the marginalized indigenous communities in Lamu
• Advocate and lobby for the recognition of the communities natural resource rights
• Build capacity for the local community in natural resource rights advocacy
• Enhance partnerships between local, multinational, and national groups to carry out any of the above objectives