{"id":2036,"date":"2016-04-07T09:13:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T09:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2016-09-21T15:18:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T12:18:53","slug":"green-initiative-challenge-expansion-project-kicks-off-with-participating-schools-receiving-tree-seedlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/green-initiative-challenge-expansion-project-kicks-off-with-participating-schools-receiving-tree-seedlings\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Initiative Challenge Expansion Project kicks off with Participating Schools Receiving Tree Seedlings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In anticipation of the annual short rains in April, all the schools participating in the Green Initiative Expansion Project in Embu, Kitui and Machakos counties have received the seedlings of the trees of choice in the \u201cgreening\u201d competition, March 2016.<\/p>\n

The distribution was carried out to coincide with the long rains and after our monitoring officers had certified the schools were ready for the seedlings.<\/p>\n

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KenGen staff inspecting a school’s woodlot, Embu County. All the schools involved in the GIC have now received seedlings in preparation for the long rains.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

The seedlings of Senna siamea<\/em> and Melia volkensii, <\/em>locally known as Muveshi and Mukau respectively, are now more than a foot in height, and have already started sprouting, while the 5,000 paw-paw seedlings are also ready for distribution. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to begin the next phase of the Green Initiative Challenge\u201d, said Amos Mbutu, the KenGen Environment Officer at 7-Forks. \u201c Some of the participating schools in Kitui and Embu had poorly prepared sites that did not conform to the recommendations and have to be redone\u201d. <\/p>\n

Senna siamea<\/em> is locally known as Muveshi and is suitable for sustainable firewood production, while Melia volkensii <\/em>is known as Mukau, and gives high quality commercial timber. This is the first time fruit trees are being introduced in the project including Passion fruit trees, following the success of GIC Phase I.<\/p>\n

The Green Initiative Expansion project is designed as a competition and targets the greening of more than 500 acres of Kitui, Machakos and Embu counties at a cost of Ksh.120, 000,000, and will involve over 140,000 school children by 2018.<\/p>\n

The GIC expansion project is in line with Kenya\u2019s 2030 \u2018Greening Kenya\u2019 flagship program that assists schools in water catchment areas with tree planting and environmental conservation activities. The three counties are designated arid and semi arid areas that receive very little rainfall annually.<\/p>\n

Follow us on Twitter through\u00a0<\/i>@KenGen_Foundatn<\/i><\/a>\u00a0and like our\u00a0<\/i>Facebook page<\/i><\/a>\u00a0for more updates.<\/i><\/p>\n

–Ernest Nyamasyo<\/a>, Communication Officer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In anticipation of the annual short rains in April, all the schools participating in the Green Initiative Expansion Project in Embu, Kitui and Machakos counties have received the seedlings of the trees of choice in the \u201cgreening\u201d competition, March 2016. The distribution was carried out to coincide with the long rains and after our monitoring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[72,74,73,69,70,86,59],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2036"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2554,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions\/2554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}