Bore

Theo Kithunga in the main nursery with a couple of Neem seedlings. Theo is one of our planting site monitors. His job is to visit the sites where the trees are planted to make sure all are growing well. He identifies any losses and supplies new seedlings to the farmers for replacement

Female nursery workers loading tree seedlings for delivery to distant planting sites by pickup truck. At busy times up to 60 women are employed in our main nursery. This provides them with economic independence and enables them to feed, clothe and educate their families - typical

Our main community nursery is now visible from space!! Thanks for helping us make this happen.

In our last update we showed a Neem seedling being planted. These Tree-Nation beauties show exactly what that baby tree will look like after only 6-7 years!

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One of our younger helpers in Boré with a recently planted seedling. We are partnered to plant with 200 schools and the pupils are always heavily involved in the planting projects. Its so important for youngsters to learn how critical tropical trees are for cooling the planet down

Elvis Otieno our Boré Mau nursery manager with some Grivelea robusta seedlings. This is a great all round tree, also known as Silky Oak. It grows fast, produces great construction timber and the leaves are nutrient rich when they break down in the soil. Because of this the farmers

Climate Change is impacting fast in the tropics and this year looks like being a difficult one for the community of Boré. The precipitation forecast map shows that the area where we are planting is likely to have almost double the normal rainfall in the coming months. This is due

Google have recently updated their satellite imagery in the Bore area so its great to finally be able to see some of the impacts of our planting on individual homesteads. This is an aerial view of one family shamba that has been given over to Mango trees. After only 5 years the trees

Theo Kithunga, one of our longest serving project officers shows that he is not afraid to get his hands dirty as he plants a young Neem tree in our Arsenal Forest 2 planting site. Theo is replacing seedlings that havent survived in the previous season's planting and once in, he'll

One of our Bore Mau nursery team, Margaret Nasepo, holds a Casuarina seedling in front our new nursery. The cloudless sky shows that the long period of heavy rain seems to have come to end so now is the time to get that baby planted - while the soil is still saturated. Thanks for

The boundary area of our Arsenal Forest in Africa No. 1 is looking very boggy at the moment due to the consistently heavy rainfall that this area of Kenya is now experiencing. We suspect that this unseasonable weather may be something to do with the latest 'Super El Niño' event

A community scrub clearing operation gets underway. Invasive thornbushes need to be removed before planting can begin. the greenness of the foliage and the dark grey clouds indicate that its still raining in Bore. The project creates good, sustainable employment for up to 50 local

Stella Baya is one of the hardest working members of our 60 strong team of nursery employees. Like most of the people in Boré, she has a ready smile. Here she is pictured with some lovely looking Moringa seedlings - just ready to go out. Moringa grows fast and the leaves provide

Close up aerial photo of our Arsenal Forest in Africa No. 1 Planting site. Google have recently updated their satellite imagery in this part of Kenya which means that this plantation, created to compensate for the CO2 released and the lumber consumed in the publication of the Arsenal