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+title: "Protection"
+description: ""
+date: 2018-09-14
+updated: 2021-02-20
+draft: false
+weight: 4
+---
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+{% row(bgColor="#F2F2F2" margin="moderate" padding="bottom" id="ruins") %}
+
+![Ruins](img/mbweniruins3.jpeg#large)
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+<br>
+
+![Ruins](img/mbweniruins2.jpeg#large)
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+### Mbweni Ruins
+
+<p>The Historic Ruins of the Mbweni School for freed slaves founded in 1874, with associations with Sir John Kirk, Zanzibar’s first scientific botanist. Kirk (1832 – 1922) was also instrumental in the ending of the East African Slave Trade. He was resident in Zanzibar for 20 years from 1866-1886.</p>
+<br>
+<p>Near Mbweni Ruins is St John's Anglican Church, another thought-provoking reminder of the colonial missionary era. The caretaker-guide is a direct descendant of a freed slave who became the UMCA's first African deacon (junior priest).</p>
+<br>
+<p>Our aim is to restore the ruins to their old glory and revive it as an education center. We will also integrate the old church.</p>
+<br>
+{% end %}