Mombasa students develop stones to treat snake bites
The Coast Girls' School team receive a certificate for the black stone project at Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa. PHOTO | COURTESY
Coast Girls’ School students have developed small black stones in efforts to save the lives of residents in Kongowea and Likoni after poisonous snake and scorpion bites.
The schoolgirls through a project led by the Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa and supported by Intel and the Aga Khan Foundation (USA), conducted a community survey that found residents from the two areas were facing ongoing challenge from snake and scorpion bites.