{"id":2233,"date":"2016-05-31T09:42:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T06:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/?p=2233"},"modified":"2016-09-21T15:39:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T12:39:16","slug":"kengen-foundation-and-nairobi-greenline-partner-to-green-nairobi-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/kengen-foundation-and-nairobi-greenline-partner-to-green-nairobi-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"KenGen Foundation and Nairobi Greenline Partner to Green Nairobi National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KenGen Foundation Managing Trustee and Engineer Richard Nderitu with Nairobi Greenline coordinator Wanja Kimani during the tree planting exercise at Nairobi National Park. <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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 to contribute to the conservation of the world renowned only park within a capital city, the Nairobi National Park on May 20.<\/p>\n

KenGen employee volunteers, under the Giver Initiative from the Central Office were led in planting trees at the park by the acting MD Eng. Richard Nderitu, and the Foundation\u2019s Managing Trustee Mike Njeru in a day that was spiced up with fun of a picnic lunch and a game drive.<\/p>\n

Click here to view the photo gallery<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The day\u2019s event was graced by the presence of reigning Miss Environment Kenya Evelyne Arasa and Miss Tourism Kajiado Saiton Parmuat, who demonstrated their passion for environmental conservation by rolling up their sleeves and joining the KenGen staff in the tree planting exercise. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs we are all aware, the generous, tranquil and unique Nairobi National Park has in the recent years experienced ever-increasing human encroachment as the city grows. Its proximity to the capital has exposed its rich ecosystem to environmental risks associated with human encroachment\u201d, said Eng. Nderitu at the opening of the exercise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI congratulate the Central office Givers for the great enthusiasm they have shown to participate in this noble environmental task that will outlive our generation and save this beautiful park for posterity\u201d, he added. <\/p>\n

The tree planting exercise highlights the important role that corporates can play in conserving the environment and is part of the Foundation\u2019s campaign to plant trees across the country, having recently planted 5,000 trees at its Sang\u2019oro Power Station by Western Hydros Givers.<\/p>\n

Nairobi GreenLine Project is a partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service and other corporate organizations formed to conserve what is notably a landmark of Nairobi city to create a buffer zone at the park in order to curb encroachment of the unique ecosystem and prevent human wildlife conflicts.<\/p>\n

As one of its key pillars, KenGen Foundation actively contributes towards environmental conservation initiatives that mitigate on the effects of climate change. With many communities dependent on natural resources, conservation of biodiversity, and promotion of environmental awareness is crucial.<\/p>\n

Through corporate and community partnerships, the Foundation runs various green projects including the Green Initiative Challenge (GIC) that targets schools to spread a culture of growing trees and conserving natural resources.<\/p>\n

Over the next months, KenGen Foundation will organise other tree planting exercises in various KenGen operational areas, which are not covered yet.<\/p>\n

Watch out for communication of the next area to participate in this exercise.<\/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 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 to contribute to the conservation of the world renowned only park within a capital city, the Nairobi National Park on May 20. KenGen employee volunteers, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,4,53,1],"tags":[68,67,45,46,57,58,79,59],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233"}],"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=2233"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2573,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233\/revisions\/2573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}