Kwetu Training Centre for Sustainable Development is a grassroots Non-Governmental Organization located about 7kms from Mtwapa town along Mtwapa Creek in Mtomondoni Village in the Coast Province of Kenya. The organization was founded in 1996 by Ulrike Neubert and other 5 professionals, who saw the vast underutilized natural resources along the Kenya Coast, where people were nonetheless living in adverse poverty in the midst of wealth. It was duly registered under the NGO Act of 1991 Laws of Kenya in 1997.

Kwetu; a Kiswahili word for “home”, envisages a poverty free community living in a safe and healthy environment. Its mission is being implemented in the entire Coast Province through initiatives that empower communities to embrace innovative strategies for livelihoods enhancement, natural resources management and climate change mitigation as well as safeguard to human rights and dignity. The realization of the overall goal of Kwetu is underpinned on three strategic goals:

• Diversified and sustainable community livelihood bases1

• A healthy environment and better managed natural resources2

• A community with capacity to drive its own development3