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Visit to REEFolution Shimoni
Last week was an exciting adventure for us at REEFolution as we embarked on a visit to Shimoni with a group of seven important...
May 10, 20231 min read


Dealing with sudden setbacks
This morning, our team discovered that a huge ringnet with ropes and weights was cast across the coral nursery area, dragging along half...
May 3, 20232 min read


Coral in the swimming pool
Coral reefs are one of the most vibrant and diverse ecosystems on our planet, but they are also one of the most threatened. The good news...
Apr 17, 20231 min read


Withstanding the waves with metal
One of the challenges we have faced in our coral reef restoration efforts is finding a suitable structure for outplanting corals. In the...
Feb 1, 20231 min read


Marine biologist + Divemaster volunteer position
We are looking for a graduated marine biologist with a special interest in corals to help out with our coral reef restoration pilot...
Jan 10, 20232 min read


Outplanting corals to bottles
Today, our marine biologists Luna and Nancy embarked on an exciting coral reef restoration project. After carefully harvesting a...
Dec 29, 20221 min read


Christmas workshops for children
Christmas is a time for celebrating and giving back, and what better way to do that than by participating in some fun and meaningful...
Dec 28, 20222 min read


Creating awareness among fishermen
Coral reefs are some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, supporting a wide range of marine life and serving as important...
Dec 28, 20222 min read


Positive feedback on our pilot
Tinka Murk, professor dr. in Marine Animal Ecology at Wageningen University and one of the REEFolution Foundation's advisors, visited our...
Dec 23, 20221 min read


Ghost net recovered from donor reef
By the end of an orientation dive on our donor site we came across a fishing net at the reef. The 20 meter long net seemed to be...
Dec 9, 20221 min read


Involvement Beach Management Units
This month we were invited for a few meetings by the chairmen of the Beach Management Units (BMU) overseeing the fishing and watersport...
Nov 30, 20221 min read


Marine biologist / Divemaster volunteer position
We are looking for a graduated marine biologist with a special interest in corals to help out with our coral reef restoration pilot...
Oct 14, 20221 min read


Looking after our coral nurseries
The weather conditions haven't been much better in the period of August and September, but we found a few good opportunities to get out...
Sep 30, 20221 min read


Reef Ranger trainees going down under
Congratulations to our new PADI Open Water Divers, Cathrine, Nancy, Evans, Collins and Lireway! These local trainees are doing our reef...
Sep 2, 20221 min read


Fingers crossed and ropes entangled
The weather conditions in June and July are generally not the best for diving in Diani, so we hadn't been able to check upon our coral...
Jul 26, 20221 min read


Training to splash in the ocean
Every day at Swahili Beach we organize swimming classes for our reef trainees. Since they want to become open water divers they need to...
Jul 1, 20221 min read


Glass bottle reef recycling
During a full day workshop at Swahili Beach we have produced 10 bottle reefs out of empty glass bottles. Currently there is no system in...
Jun 23, 20221 min read


Attacked by unknown sea creature
During a maintenance dive last week we noticed that six of our coral tree nurseries were barely buoyant. We discovered that all the white...
Jun 21, 20221 min read


Skeleton walls at secondary school
Last Wednesday we visited the Perani Secondary school near Lunga Lunga to teach 150 students about coral reefs and the importance to...
Jun 15, 20221 min read


First Reef Ranger Training Program
On June 6th we were excited to welcome 5 enthusiastic trainees for our Reef Ranger training program at Swahili Beach resort in Diani....
Jun 10, 20221 min read
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