WHV – MOMBASA OLD TOWN

MAIN WORK ACTIVITIES
1. Promotion:
- Mombasa Old Town World Heritage Site both are Pre- 17Th Century settlements •Both have a history of continuous occupation since the 9th Century •A wealth of history and culture that if adequately
Integrated into the mainstream economy could easily uplift the people’s standard of living. In respect to this, a session where the council of elders who are custodians of culture will have time to talk with the community and young people as well as the international volunteers about the true history of the town where we will use recording to capture this unique intangible cultural heritage.

- We will organize baraza (meeting) where the area leaders, local organizations, council of elders, young people from this area and the locals are going to assemble as we talk about the importance of promoting, preserving and conserving the old town to ensure that the coming generations benefit from it and learn it’s history.

2. Preservation:
In this we have linked with Kenya Museums and Mombasa Municipal Council and the members of the Community, more so who own most of the structures and the general public: -
- Cleanliness and repairs(refurbish/renovations), to attain what we call Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR), we carry out appropriate renovations and clean up all affected old places. Some old houses even have grasses and Shrubs growing on the walls almost rendering most structures to ruins.
The visible aspect of this unique character is a collection of historical buildings dating from the 18th century which combines, African, Arabic and European influences. Many of these buildings still exist, in beautifully carved doors as well as elegantly styled balconies attached to their turn of the century facades.
Due to this reason, we shall organize cleaning activities in the building, wiping of the artifacts stored in
- Mombasa County plans to refurbish buildings in the Old Town, in a move intended to improve the image of the ancient town. The county's move comes in the wake of concern by conservationists that structures in the UNESCO listed heritage town were fast wearing out. We have talked to the county boss to be a part of the refurbishing exercise which will be of huge importance to the spread of the conservation message and a strong statement when we talk about Mombasa old town preservation and protection.
The building and a day for the people around this WHV site to come together and do a thorough clean up of this WHV site.Cleaning up the shipwreck in old port, devising publicity for old town, holding visitor satisfaction questionnaire for old town.
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