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The scorching October sun was a stark reminder for 148 ‘green’ teachers, including school principals, on the need to embrace environmental conservation in the semi-arid counties of Kitui, Embu, and Machakos. The teachers were attending a three-day capacity building workshop courtesy of the Schools’ Green Initiative Challenge from October 13 – 15. The workshop saw
Thua Primary School, Kitui County, and Kwawanzil Secondary School, Machakos County, are set to benefit from the construction of a chain link fence and a new classroom respectively courtesy of the Schools Green Initiative Challenge afforestation project. During the projects handover meeting with the contractors, KenGen’s representative Timothy Mwilali and KenGen Foundation Communication Officer Ernest
The beautiful but sparsely populated terrains of West Pokot and Turkana counties are dotted with shrubs and scraggly bushes, creating an illusion of emptiness, broken occasionally by lone herdsmen with goats and camels searching for pasture and water.The area is best described as semi-arid.With very few options, charcoal burning is one of the main economic
Over forty KenGen PLC Sondu Power Station staff Givers joined hands with the Kenya Forest Service and the local community to plant 1,000 indigenous tree seedlings at Koguta Forest, Nyakach Sub-county on 2nd September in Phase II of the afforestation exercise. Another 6,000 seedlings, courtesy of KenGen PLC, were committed to rehabilitating the degraded forest
The KenGen Foundation in partnership with KenGen PLC and Tullow Oil launched the Schools Green Initiative Challenge tree growing competition at Turwel Gorge Primary School, West Pokot County on 11 March 2020. During the ceremony, the guest of honour, KenGen’s Chairman Mr. Joshua Choge lauded the efforts of the partnership saying, "As we celebrate the
The prevailing drought, coupled with poor seedlings management and destruction by livestock, is a major obstacle facing participating schools in phase III of the Schools Green Initiative Challenge (GIC), the KenGen Foundation found out during a 3-day capacity building workshop held at the semi-arid counties of Kitui, Machakos, and Embu from 11 – 13 September.
The Schools Green Initiative Challenge impressed participants attending a two-day workshop on dry-land agroforestry organized by the Foundation’s project partner Better Globe Forestry at the University of Nairobi Kabete campus on 24 – 25 August. Representatives from the University of Ghent (Belgium), University of Nairobi, Kenya Forestry Research Institute, International Center for Research in Agroforestry/
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
KenGen Foundation Managing Trustee and Engineer Richard Nderitu with Nairobi Greenline coordinator Wanja Kimani during the tree planting exercise at Nairobi National Park. In a mighty show of love for the environment, the KenGen Foundation, and Nairobi Greenline brought the KenGen Employee Givers to plant trees at the Nairobi National Park buffer zone
Eng. Francis Kawa addressing guests during the GIC Expansion project launch. A colourful launch of the Green Initiative Challenge expansion project took place at Kalatine Secondary School in Kitui on Tuesday 17 November. Under the project, 500 acres of arid and semi-arid land are set to go green in the ambitious ten-year schools
