We are certainly not the first to take to playing with flipflops collected from the beach but we are certainly very proud to have jumped on the bandwagon having discovered that’s it not only a lot of fun but actually, if we get this right, then there might even be a source of income for many. A year ago, we gave it a go and out came Papa Shillingi – our life size whaleshark made from over 5000 flipflops collected from Diani’s
beaches.
But the story of lifesize models made from flipflops began quite a few years before, when Mfalme, the Minke Whale was conceived – 15,000 flipflops picked by school children from the beaches along the Kenyan coastline. And Mfalme was the creation of a bunch of minds that saw the potential of what a company called Uniqueco was doing already with flipflops. And guess where they got their idea from – watching children make little boats from old flipflops. Today, uniqueco and others are well established small businesses that have taught us all what a little bit of creativity can do.
Recycle ideas + recycle trash= safer oceans for the inhabitants + clean beaches
And this is how the story continues.
Once upon a time…
And there were so many sizes, shapes and colours…
She said, “What big flippers you have!”
And then she said, “What a great pair of hands you have!”
And they all said, “look what else these magic flipflops can do…”
And news quickly traveled across the WORLD WIDE WEB…
“I’ll take as many as they can make…”
And since we are getting a handle of what recycling is all about, we thought why not? Chaps like Fadhili and Ben can make a little extra income, maybe it can grow and a few more people can make some income and we can recycle a little extra cash into our projects! PERFECT. We do like this recycling business…
So if you would like to recycle some trash into a little extra cash and recycle a bit of profit into a project…well, then you know where to go…












































