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Regenerating life along the coast.
A nonprofit pairing frontier research with the communities who live by the sea — turning scarcity into shared, circular resources.
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A nonprofit pairing frontier research with the communities who live by the sea — turning scarcity into shared, circular resources.
PCM Foundation began on Manda Island in Lamu, Kenya, and now brings research and community work under one roof — every project designed to be circular.
Circular seawater desalination — fresh water without diesel or waste.
Powered by the sun and sea instead of generators.
Internet for coastal schools and villages, with Share.
Holistic, place-based education that grows with the community.
Mangroves thrive in salt water by filtering it at the root and shedding what's left through their leaves. FARA builds that blueprint into a circular desalination system — solar-powered, returning brine responsibly to the sea.
Beyond the lab, two ventures turn coastal waste into worth — and dignified work.
Spirit bottles from coastal hotels, upcycled into glasses, carafes and Swahili fragrance candles — building a circular craft economy in Lamu.
High-end design objects from recovered ocean plastic — where Swiss minimalism meets African identity. Designed in Basel, produced in Lamu.
MOANA Somatic Sanctuary — a wellness retreat on Manda Island — is a separate commercial venture — KITO's first client and proving ground — linked to the foundation but operating on its own.
Become a member — your support goes straight into the work, and into deciding what comes next.