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The beach where we are headquartered does not have any marine animal management, we are stepping up to the challenge. \n\nIn September we removed a total of 1202 KG from Kilifi Beach and supported beach cleans all over Kenya through our flip-flip buyer programme. ", "hidden": false, "question": "What impact do you hope to have (or have had) on the Gitcoin Community with this project? How do you measure your impact? (e.g. viewers, forks, branches, likes)", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Both (mixed)", "hidden": false, "question": "Are you applying for funding for work done, proposed, or both?", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our achievements since we started in 2005 have been epic! The best way to understand us is by visiting our website www.oceansole.com", "hidden": false, "question": "If you have work completed, please describe it below and include links where possible:", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We still need more funding to get our turtle conservation project off the ground. This includes buying equipment such as torches, bicycles, motorbikes, and tape measures. Turtle watching occurs at night time, and these tools are essential for our team. ", "hidden": false, "question": "If you have work you are planning to do, please describe it below and include estimates of how much time (in hours) you expect it will take: ", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "So far, we have had a small amount of individual donations amounting $500. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Has this work been previously funded? If so, by who and for how much? ", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "No", "hidden": false, "question": "Are you working on this as an individual?", "questionId": 6}], "project": {"id": "10:0x8e1bD5Da87C14dd8e08F7ecc2aBf9D1d558ea174:826", "title": "Ocean Sole", "logoImg": "bafkreiduqov2tigfutswbx7qvmgr6vxldynycjvc63fb3xekt3odymzs2i", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreictw7fjh57dmmgg4wa2qt3ancrssc4o4famxjxjmiat2kwuvdzopa", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://oceansole.com", "bannerImg": "bafkreic4t2xeslgdbjaeg3qolpnfghltllgcudyt7lbxm3pahhtx6mr4j4", "createdAt": 1691763468350, "credentials": {}, "description": "We turn flip-flops into art and functional products and in turn raise visual awareness of the problem at hand. By creating these sculptures, we support men, women, youth (18 to 35), fisherman and other entrepreneurs that are all part of our eco-system. \n\n[![Screenshot-2023-07-18-at-17-51-18.png](https://i.postimg.cc/SRsWbyj2/Screenshot-2023-07-18-at-17-51-18.png)](https://postimg.cc/62k7dxrt)\n\nWhether picking up flip-flops that we pay for or using our waste for up-cycled products such as mattresses, our community engagement has been strong and is at the core of our business and hearts.\n\n[![Kids-Activty.png](https://i.postimg.cc/xCTNbKpJ/Kids-Activty.png)](https://postimg.cc/p94LwnHR)\n\n**Did you know that 10-20% of plastic waste in the Indian Ocean is flip-flop? We recycle over 1 tonne of flip-flops EVERY week.**\n\n[![Screenshot-2023-07-18-at-20-32-02.png](https://i.postimg.cc/9X15py8X/Screenshot-2023-07-18-at-20-32-02.png)](https://postimg.cc/yWJb63C2)\n\nWe are a social enterprise, that upcycles washed up flip-flops found along the beaches and waterways in Kenya. Inspired by the toys children were making out of the flip-flop debris, Julie Church, the Ocean Sole Founder, encouraged their mothers to collect, wash, and cut the discarded flip-flops into colourful products to sell at local Kenyan Markets as another means of income for their families.\n\n[![OS-Masterpiece-Display.jpg](https://i.postimg.cc/PxmVPncr/OS-Masterpiece-Display.jpg)](https://postimg.cc/YGCzsZMJ)\n\n**We recycle a flip-flop every 60 seconds!**\n\n[![Big-Tim.jpg](https://i.postimg.cc/G2FrrNxv/Big-Tim.jpg)](https://postimg.cc/xJ1B367d)\n\n**Over the last two years we've recycled over 1 million flip flops.**\n\n[![Screenshot-2023-07-18-at-13-10-23.png](https://i.postimg.cc/fycVVyyg/Screenshot-2023-07-18-at-13-10-23.png)](https://postimg.cc/JHhrg1bb)", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "oceansole1"}, "recipient": "0x23785B68aef9B3c8c2074474671D1c23e88Cb20c"}}