Muslim women in Kenya raise butterflies to aid forests

MOMBASA, Kenya

Butterflies are empowering and transforming the lives of many women in the village of Gede on the eastern coast of Kenya.

Gede is well-known for its ancient ruins which consist of mansions, mosques and houses that are estimated to be around 800 years old.

Muslim women from a community-based enterprise in Gede dubbed the Kipepeo Project which supports people’s livelihoods are selling high-quality and diverse butterflies and moth pupae to international markets — mostly Europe and America, with the U.K. and Turkey being their biggest markets — thus fighting against poverty and becoming empowered.

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