Recycled plastic dhow to sail across Lake Victoria to raise awareness on plastic pollution

[Finnegan Flint]

 

After its first successful 500-kilometer voyage across the Indian Ocean, sailing from Lamu to Zanzibar, the Flipflopi dhow is set for another historic expedition across Lake Victoria. Flipiflopi is the handiwork of Master craftsman Ali Skanda who worked with a team of volunteers on the island of Lamu, the oldest Swahili settlement in East Africa to build the nine-metre-long boat out of ten tonnes of plastic waste collected by volunteers. Around 30, 000 discarded flip-flops were turned into colourful panels to cover the hull and decking.