Mangrove restoration project unveils income-generating opportunities in Kenya

At Tudor Creek in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, local community members have committed to restoring mangroves, an eye-opener initiative that is creating lucrative income ideas.

"In addition to generating income to sustain the program, our dream is to see each member get monthly income, enough to meet their basic needs in the near future. We have several projects in the pipeline toward that end," said Mbaarak Abdalla, founder and program director of Brain Youth Group.

Since 2012, he said, the group has planted 3.8 million mangroves with a survival rate of 87-95 percent. They plan to increase this number to 8 million by 2030.