07
Mar
Schools Green Initiative Challenge Welcomes 100 New Schools as Phase II Winners Recognized.
The road leading to Mashamba Primary School, Embu County, can best be described as a cattle track. The surrounding environment appears barren, devoid of any vegetation. Under the scorching sun, sparsely scattered lone trees, stripped off their greenery, and covered with the area’s red soil, paint a picture of desperation. Cattle and donkeys with empty... Read More
26
Feb
Turkwel Staff Embrace Givers Initiative
The KenGen Foundation team had a unique chance to visit Turkwel Power Station for the Employee Giver Initiative recruitment exercise from 13 – 15 February. The event saw 30 staff members from the station subscribe to the initiative, raising the total number of Turkwell Givers to 41. This means 63% of the employees at the... Read More
22
Feb
Team Building Retreat Cooks New Roadmap for Megawatt Cafe.
The constant cawing of the resident peacock at Fish Eagle Inn, Naivasha, punctuated with the beautiful sounds of other water birds from the nearby lake, briefly interrupted the first strategy meeting of the Megawatt Café staff on the morning of 10 February. The team was on their first team building session since opening doors of... Read More
09
Feb
New M&E Officers for Phase IV of Schools Tree-planting Competition
The Technical Committee of the Schools Green Initiative Challenge is glad to announce the appointments of Daniel Ndolo and January Muthoka as the new Monitoring and Evaluation Officers for Phase IV of the Schools Green Initiative Challenge. Daniel, who has 4 years experience as a forester, started his career at Kenya Forest Service as an... Read More
06
Feb
1st Capacity Building Workshop Sets Agenda for GIC Phase IV
200 ‘green’ teachers, including school principals, from 100 schools in the semi-arid counties of Embu, Kitui, and Machakos, benefitted from a three-day capacity building workshop held at various institutions from January 31st – February 2nd as Phase IV of the Schools Green Initiative Challenge kicked off in earnest. The Foundation Senior Programs Officer, Anthony Igecha, says... Read More
02
Feb
15 KenGen Education Scholarships Beneficiaries Qualify for Higher Education
The class of 2017 KenGen Education Scholarships produced three A (minus)s during last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E) examinations that saw only 11% of all candidates sitting attain the university entry grade of C+. Awuor Pauline Angela from Alliance Girls High School, and Chuphi Price Ngalaa from Alliance Boys High School, and Makau... Read More
30
Jan
Final Evaluation for Schools’ Tree Planting Competition Phase II
After two years of competition, the KenGen Foundation, together with project partners Better Globe Forestry and Bamburi Cement Ltd., are ready to announce the winners of Phase II of the Schools’ Green Initiative Challenge (GIC) following the final evaluation conducted on 25 January at KenGen’s Kamburu Power Station, Machakos County. The GIC Technical Committee comprising... Read More
07
Dec
Sondu Community Embrace Western Hydros’ #GivingTuesday Donations
Fifty families from Nyadero Community, Nyakach Sub-County, Kisumu benefited from Western Hydros Giver donations of mosquito nets and bed sheets during this year’s #GivingTuesday on 1st and 4th December. Led by Area Giver Champions Peter Ngachuro and Hellen Onchari, Western Hydros Givers mobilized and visited the homesteads in the villages of Kasaye, Kolweny, and Sayema, located... Read More
24
Nov
Giver Champions Converge In Nairobi
With the holiday season approaching fast, the KenGen Foundation hosted the recently nominated Champions of the Employee Giver Initiative for their inaugural sensitization workshop which was held at RBS Plaza 2 on 20th November. The 17 Giver Champions from Central Office, Upper Tana, Eastern Hydros, Kipevu, Western Hydros, and Olkaria were taken through the set... Read More
23
Nov
Philanthropy Conference Calls for Stronger Partnerships
The KenGen Foundation joined other East Africa philanthropic organization from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda in calling for stronger collaborations and partnerships during the 5th East Africa Philanthropy Conference held at Crowne Plaza, Nairobi from 15 to 16 November. During his opening speech, industrialist – philanthropist, and Chairman of the Chandaria Foundation, Dr. Manu Chandaria... Read More