08
Apr
Giver Initiative Welcomes 10 New Subscribers from Kipevu
10 new ‘Givers’ from Kipevu Power Station subscribed to the KenGen Employee Giver Initiative during the recruitment and appreciation exercise carried out by the KenGen Foundation team from 4-7 April. This brings the number of Givers from the station to 63. During the luncheon held in honour of the coast region Givers, the station’s Operations... Read More
03
Apr
New ‘Givers’ Sign Up at Western Hydros
The KenGen Foundation team signed up 21 new subscribers to the KenGen Employee Giver Initiative from Western Hydros during a recruitment exercise carried out at Sondu Miriu, Gogo, and Muhoroni power stations from 28-31 March. The success of the recruitment exercise also saw Sondu Miriu’s Operations Manager Eng. Frank Konuche sign up to the Giver... Read More
03
Apr
KenGen Foundation and Western Hydros Givers ‘Green’ Katuk-Odeyo with 1,000 Trees
The scorching sun did not deter KenGen Western Hydros staff, Givers, and community members from Nyakach Sub-county from planting over 1,000 trees at Katuk-Odeyo as part of the KenGen’s Corporate Social Investment activities on March 30. Led by Sondu Miriu’s Operations Manager Frank Konuche, and the Foundation’s Managing Trustee Mike Njeru, the team joined Proffessor... Read More
23
Mar
Foundation Sponsors KCDF’s 8th Community Open Golf Tournament
The KenGen Foundation team was delighted to hand over a cheque of Ksh. 100,000 to the Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) for this year’s 8th Community Open Golf Tournament, and in celebration of the organization’s 20th anniversary of working with communities, on 20 March. The cheque, presented to KCDF’s Corporate Partnership Coordinator Ms. Purity Murugi,... Read More
20
Mar
New ‘Green’ Teachers Trained for GIC Phase III
198 teachers, including head teachers and principals from 90 schools in the semi-arid areas of Embu, Machakos and Kitui counties underwent a capacity building exercise from 1-3 March in preparation of their taking part in phase III of the Schools’ Green Initiative Challenge program The training, facilitated by the KenGen Foundation, Better Globe Forestry, Bamburi... Read More
14
Mar
Engaging Employees in Philanthropy by Corporate Foundations
Company employees can play a big role as contributors in Corporate Social Investment activities. A new trend in Corporate Social Investment is spreading in many companies around the world. Indeed, with the inclusion of sustainability in the overall strategic plans, most corporates have realised that employees are powerful ambassadors in their CSI agenda. And this... Read More
13
Mar
Antique Ndula To Convert To a Museum
The 92-year-old antique Ndula hydro-power station is set to become the first electric power museum in East Africa following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between KenGen, KenGen Foundation, and the National Museums of Kenya. The gazzetement of the station as a national heritage site is almost complete. The 2-Megawatt station commissioned in 1903... Read More
09
Mar
Specialized ‘Mukau Tree” Facility Set to Change Kenya’s Dry-land Landscape
Kenya’s arid and semi-arid areas are set to benefit in agro-forestry resources once an In-Vitro multiplication laboratory for Mukau tree is set up at Kamburu area in Machakos County. The project is set to kick off following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between KenGen, KenGen Foundation, and Better Globe Forestry who are the... Read More
16
Feb
What it’s like to be a GIC Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
The heavy dust behind the motorbike hangs in the hot dry air long after the rider manoeuvres through the dry riverbed in this part of the semi-arid county of Embu. Despite the mid-morning scorching heat, James Mwaniki, one of the Schools’ Green Initiative Challenge (GIC) Monitoring & Evaluation Officers, is donned in a thick jacket... Read More
07
Feb
GIC Woodlots Already Bearing Fruit
The low hanging passion fruits tautly stretch the plant’s tender tendrils at Tulimyumbu Primary School, Machakos County. A few meters away, paw-paw leaves sway lazily in the hot dry air as if fanning the delicate fruits that are not yet ready for harvesting. The fruits trees stand out amidst the maturing Mukaus, having been intercropped... Read More