The re-launch comes at a critical time. With challenges like mental health, drug abuse, environmental pollution along the Mombasa coastline, and the need for mentorship among youth, the club aims to position students as solution-makers. The revival of Allidina Visram’s Interact Club is more than nostalgia. It’s a statement: that Mombasa’s youth are ready to lead, serve, and shape the future of their city.
After years of silence, the oldest Interact Club in Mombasa is back. Allidina Visram High School is officially reviving its Interact Club, reigniting a legacy of student leadership and community service that first began decades ago.
The revival, supported by the Rotary Club of Mombasa, marks a return to one of the pioneering youth service platforms at the Kenyan Coast. For many alumni, the Interact Club at Allidina Visram High School was where their journey in leadership, integrity, and giving back began.
Reviving this club is not just about starting meetings again. It is about restoring a culture of service in our students. We want our learners to understand that leadership means solving problems in your community.
Interact Clubs are sponsored by Rotary Clubs, under the umbrella of Rotary International and gives high school students the opportunity to carry out service projects, develop leadership skills, and build international understanding. Interact clubs cater for those in the 12-18 age group, so this is about leadership, service and youth. Members plan projects on health, literacy, environment, and poverty — all while learning the Rotary values of Service Above Self.
The re-launch comes at a critical time. With challenges like mental health, drug abuse, environmental pollution along the Mombasa coastline, and the need for mentorship among youth, the club aims to position students as solution-makers. Planned projects include collection of stationery for primary school children in need, beach clean ups and visits to special needs schools.
During the charter ceremony more than 30 students were inducted as charter members. They will be mentored by Rotarians and the Rotaract Clubs of Mombasa and Nyali. “I joined because I want to make a difference beyond the classroom,” the club’s President Master Khush said. “We are young, but we can lead projects that change lives.”
Rotarians should therefore invest more time and resources toward youth development within Rotary and Rotary clubs shouldn’t neglect the Youth Service Committees in their clubs. Focus on providing funding to this area so that we can do more projects with Rotaractors and Interactors who.
``Allidina Visram has always produced leaders," Rotary Club of Mombasa New Generation Director Neera Omprakash Rattan said. “By reviving the oldest Interact Club in Mombasa, we are investing in the next generation of Rotarians and community champions.”
The revival of Allidina Visram’s Interact Club is more than nostalgia. It’s a statement: that Mombasa’s youth are ready to lead, serve, and shape the future of their city.
As the club motto goes: Lead, Serve, Inspire.
