Bore

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

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

Our project always tries hard to engage members of the wider community around Boré as we know from experience (and much peer reviewed research) that development interventions which synergise with local and national reafforestation strategies are far more likely to achieve sustainable

We’re expanding the Bore Project with two new planting sites in Kenya!

Together with local farmers, we’re planting 500,000 new trees to restore the biodiverse forest, enhance food security, and strengthen community resilience through sustainable agriculture.

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Mangoes need to be planted at approximately 4 Metre spacing to enable them to grow large and become most productive at maturity. These examples are only 3-4 years old. Its hard to believe but each of these trees will ultimately yield up to 1,000 fruits annually. Great for family

Janet Mranja, one of our key project workers with a member of the Amkeni Women's Group. The women who make up this nearby self-help cooperative are employed in our tree nursery at the busiest times and under guidance from Janet they're using some of their wages to create 'Vertical

Some key members of our team in Boré.
Left to right, Janet, Theo and Amina. Janet and Theo are project monitors and Amina is the nursery manager and safeguarding officer. In the background are vertical vegetable grow bags that enable the nursery workers to cultivate spinach to augment

Lakheri Kivuré is one of the newest members of our team in Boré. Here she is pictured next to a recently planted cashew-nut tree on one of our demonstration farms. These farms allow us to trial new planting and management techniques. If the new ideas work then we invite the farmers