For students at DEB Karuari Secondary and Senior School, a new science laboratory is changing what practical learning can look like.The facility, which serves 176 students, was provided after the Embu County school emerged as the overall winner of Phase VI of the KenGen Foundation’s Schools’ Green Initiative Challenge (GIC). It is designed to strengthen... Read More

A commitment to nurturing trees has delivered something even more enduring for Kamutu Primary School in Embu County—a renewed future for hundreds of learners. What began years ago as an environmental conservation effort under the KenGen Foundation’s Schools’ Green Initiative Challenge (GIC) has culminated in the complete rehabilitation of the school’s aging seven-classroom block, replacing... Read More

For years, pupils at Kionyweni Primary School in Matuu, Machakos County, walked into classrooms that reflected the realities of learning in many semi-arid communities—unplastered walls, dusty earth floors and deteriorating structures that posed daily safety and health risks. Today, those same classrooms tell a different story. Four newly renovated learning spaces now stand as a... Read More

The Enoosupukia Forest restoration effort has moved into a new phase, with an additional 10 hectares now fenced and prepared for tree planting as the KenGen Foundation and its partners advance efforts to rehabilitate the threatened forest block in Narok County. The fencing marks a significant step in the implementation of the Enoosupukia Forest Adoption... Read More

Close to 200 students from across Kenya have been equipped with critical skills in leadership, innovation, and career development through an intensive mentorship program by the KenGen Foundation, as the company deepens its investment in youth empowerment and community development. The week-long program, held at Pangani Girls High School under the theme “Ubunifu bila upeo”... Read More

In Kenya’s semi-arid east, where survival is the ultimate test of both trees and tenacity, a quiet environmental movement has been taking root in schoolyards for over a decade. Now, for two standout schools from Machakos County, that commitment has opened the doors to one of the country’s most critical sources of renewable energy. Through... Read More

In the dry landscapes of eastern Kenya, where the success of a tree often depends on patience, knowledge, and careful stewardship, a new group of educators is preparing to turn classrooms into nurseries of environmental leadership. In early March, the KenGen Foundation convened 200 “green teachers,” including school principals, from Kitui and Machakos counties for... Read More

As the first clouds of the long rains gathered over eastern Kenya in early March, a quieter, deliberate operation was already underway on the ground. Across schools in Machakos and Kitui counties, thousands of tree seedlings were being carefully distributed—timed with precision to meet the rains, and with them, the promise of survival. This marked... Read More

The KenGen Education Scholarship Class of 2025 has delivered a strong and competitive performance in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), affirming the Foundation’s sustained investment in academic excellence and equitable access to quality education across the country. Out of 27 sponsored candidates, the cohort produced two straight As, four A– (minus), one B+... Read More

The cracked classroom walls, missing laboratories and unreliable water systems that have long defined learning in parts of Embu and Machakos may soon give way to safer, greener and more functional school environments. Following a late-November site inspection, the KenGen Foundation has identified priority infrastructure projects for six schools participating in the Green Initiative Challenge,... Read More