{"id":2328,"date":"2016-07-22T08:49:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T05:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2016-09-21T15:45:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T12:45:21","slug":"2nd-green-initiative-challenge-capacity-building-exercise-reviews-projects-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/2nd-green-initiative-challenge-capacity-building-exercise-reviews-projects-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Green Initiative Challenge Capacity Building Exercise Reviews Project\u2019s Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Green Teachers on a look and learn session at St. Martin Kaewa Secondary School<\/a>. The school scooped 1st place in GIC phase I.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

120 green teachers from schools participating in the Green Initiative Challenge reviewed the progress made in the afforestation competition by their institutions during the second capacity building exercise held at various centres in the three counties of Kitui, Machakos and Embu from 13 \u2013 15 July.<\/p>\n

The exercise, facilitated by the sponsors, KenGen Foundation, Better Globe Forestry and Bamburi Cement,assessed the gains the schools have made and challenges facing them in the management and execution of the tree-planting competition two months after they were supplied the seedlings.<\/p>\n

The capacity building exercise was also a knowledge-sharing forum for the teachers to exchange ideas on the best practices of tree seedling nurturing techniques and woodlot management with officials from the National Environment Management Authority, Kenya Forestry Service, and Better Globe Forestry.<\/p>\n

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Mohamed Ali, NEMA\u2019s Embu County Director of Environment during the capacity building exercise<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cCapacity building within the GIC is essential for the success of the project as it acts as platform for the teachers to make informed decisions,\u201d said Mohamed Ali, NEMA\u2019s Embu County Director of Environment. \u201cThe Green Teacher is a unique concept in conservation as this creates a new crop of environmental champions\u201d.<\/p>\n

READ<\/strong><\/span> GIC Expansion Project Technical Committee Conducts First Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Exercise<\/a><\/p>\n

The participants were also taken through various nursery management practices including weeding, seed propagation, pest and disease control, and best practices in sustainable water harvesting. <\/p>\n

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Peter Kariuki Kooro, Kenya Forestry Service.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe GIC project is exceptional as it can easily be adopted by all schools within the country. It is also sustainable since is targets school children turning them into conservation ambassadors\u201d, said Peter Kariuki Kooro from Kenya Forest Institute. \u201cThese capacity building sessions are successful as the current seedling survival rates, and innovations adopted by the schools, speak for themselves!\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cGreen Teachers\u201d each received a technical manual for growing and managing small forests and woodlots, courtesy of the Foundation\u2019s project partner Better Globe Forestry.<\/p>\n

READ<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Growing the Wonder Trees of the Schools Green Initiative Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alfred Munene “Green Teacher”, Mbarwari Primary School – Embu<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cDespite challenges such as water shortage and plant diseases, the GIC project has been highly accepted by both the students and parents”, said Green Teacher Alfred Munene from Mbarwari Primary School, Embu. \u201cAfter the first capacity building session, I was able to take the lessons learnt to the school\u2019s Board of Management and currently we are in the process of establishing a third woodlot\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

The GIC is designed as a challenge to participating schools, mainly due to the dry weather conditions in the areas, with prizes awarded based on the highest survival rate of seedlings and use of innovation.<\/p>\n

-Ernest Nyamasyo, Communications Officer<\/em><\/p>\n

For more information on the Green Initiative Challenge, please contact the KenGen Foundation through\u00a0info@kengenfoundation.co.ke<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

For daily updates, like our Facebook page\u00a0KenGen Foundation<\/a>\u00a0or follow us on Twitter through\u00a0KenGen_Foundatn<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

120 green teachers from schools participating in the Green Initiative Challenge reviewed the progress made in the afforestation competition by their institutions during the second capacity building exercise held at various centres in the three counties of Kitui, Machakos and Embu from 13 \u2013 15 July. The exercise, facilitated by the sponsors, KenGen Foundation, Better […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[72,74,73,68,67,45,70,59],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328"}],"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=2328"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2581,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328\/revisions\/2581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}