Prof. Okeyo Benards

Passionate Associate Professor with over ten years of experience administering education and classroom procedures both autonomously and in collaboration with department faculty and leaders. Building foundations for next generation of academics and workforce pioneers. Besides, a renowned community mobilizer with years of experience working at the grassroots championing for change and environmental conservation.

• PhD
• Social Ecology – Universitaet Bremen – Germany
• Thesis title: Artisanal Fisheries of the Kenyan Coast: a socio-ecological system in transition Supervisors: Prof
• Dr
• Gotthilf Hempel and Prof
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• Hagen, PhD – University of the Wits – South Africa (2017): An integrated approach towards vulnerability assessment of climate change induced sea level rise along the coastal strip of Kenya
• Collaborative works/jointly convened workshops/trainings________________________2/2024 - 09/3/2024: International workshop with focus in Bamboo (a DAAD project no
• 57703589) in Maputo, Mozambique
• 11/2023 - 22/11/2023: Strengthening movement of Toxins-free future for Africa, organized by IPEN head office in Sweden and Africa Regional Coordination Office in Dar es Salaam
• 09/19 – 27/09/19: International DAAD Alumni Expert Seminar on ‘Access to water – Watershed Management Panning- a case of Usambara Mountains in Lushoto Tanzania’.05/2014 – 2216/05/2014: An International DAAD Alumni Expert Seminar: Water Use Conflicts – Integrated Watershed Management for the Sustainable Utilisation of Natural Resources for Conservation, Agriculture and Tourism
• August – September 2013: An international DAAD Alumni Expert Seminar: Participatory Watershed Planning h -24th July, 2015: Critical Appraisal of Research Proposals Training Workshop by University of Nairobi and PRIME-K Aim4 and MEPI iRIM at the Silver Springs Hotel in Nairobi
• July 2018: Working under the DAAD Summer Schools – on the theme of “Diversification of Water Sources and Production Systems towards Climate Smart Agriculture in the Sudan at Khartoum and El Obeid, Sudan, co-organized by University of Khartoum, University of Sigen, University of Kordofan and CEWAS – Switzerland”
• Worked on a two-week period within the areas of Khartoum and Kordofan area to appreciate and understand the diversification of water sources and the challenges of a climate smart agriculture in the Sudan with an extremely diverse group
• March, 2016 – 2010: Biodiversity Collaborative Project: Human needs and nature conservation – reconciling human livelihood needs and nature conservation in East African forest biodiversity hotspots
• A joint research project by; South Eastern University of Kenya, Pwani University, Taita Taveta University College, National Museusm of Kenya, Technical University of Munich – Germany and sponsored by DAAD
• April – July, 2014: Youth labour market and skills survey – a project being implemented by Adams Smith International and DFID
• A signed MOU with Pwani University and engaged as one of the Principal Researchers.05/2014 – 22/05/2014: An International DAAD Alumni Expert Seminar: Water Use Conflicts – Integrated Watershed Management for the Sustainable Utilisation of Natural Resources for Conservation, Agriculture and Tourism – Athi River Basin/Tsavo West National Park, Kenya, supported by DAAD, GIZ, CICD (Center for International Capacity Development of Siegen University) and Severin Safari Camp of Tsavo West
• August – September 2013: An international DAAD Alumni Expert Seminar: Participatory Watershed Planning for the Tsavo River Sub-Catchment, supported by DAAD, GIZ, CICD (Center for International Capacity Development of Siegen University) and Severin Safari Camp of Tsavo West
• Capacity Building and development of groups
• Environmental education for sustainable development in schools and surrounding communities: an amalgamation of Eco Clubs and Eco Schools
• Environmental education
• Munje community income generating and livelihood improvement project
• Gazi Community income generating and livelihood development project
• Education and outreach for sustainable Indian Ocean project -Kenya
• Munje community income generating and livelihood improvement project
• Gazi marine fisheries development and livelihood improvement project
• Integrated community-based marine fisheries management program
• Integrated sustainable artisanal marine fisheries management program (ISMP) and community support initiative along the Kenyan south coast9
• Integrated indigenous and modern fish processing and marketing in Tana Delta District - Kenya
• Phase II of integrated sustainable artisanal marine fisheries management program (ISMP) and community support initiative along the Kenya south coast
• Continuation of phase II of integrated sustainable artisanal marine fisheries management program (ISMP) and community support initiative along the Kenya south coast12
• Elewa Katiba Mashinani in Kilifi County - a project meant to assist instill governance understanding and devolution
• Maji ni Uzima Project – Targeting simple water harvesting technologies by Schools
• Reducing Lead Poisoning within Urban informal settlements in Mombasa town14
• Munje Fisheries and Community Infrastructural Project – Inclined to improving fish handling, storage and marketing
• ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING WORKS19
• General Environmental Monitoring of roads being built by the county government17
• General coordination and supervision of construction of fish handling facility at Munje complete with solar powered energy systems and enhancement of environmental sustainability through use of renewable energy and community involvement – a Japanese Embassy in Kenya sponsored project.18
• Environmental Monitoring of multitude infrastructural projects within the Kenya coast – the down side of development – a project by a consortium of concerned citizens23
• MWAKIRUNGE DUMPSITE: A SIMMERING DISASTER - An Environmental Consequence Analysis