This tree planting Project is located in the Upper Tana Catchment area within Aberdare ecosystem and was initiated in 2007 mainly to address environmental degradation & massive forest destruction that was being experienced in the Aberdare Forest in Kenya and promote sustainable use of natural resources.
Our overall objective is to support the upper Tana catchment community in Poverty reduction through improved livelihood systems and the Conservation of Community natural resources and initiatives for enhanced environmental management and governance.
The project is registered as a community based organization drawing membership from 20 community groups with a total membership of 2500 members and is managed by the Project Implementation Committee (PIC) led by the Project Director. The PIC is drawn from member organizations .The director is in charge of the project management assisted by the coordinator and community mobilizer. The community groups manage the tree nurseries and are involved in planting and care of the trees in all sites.
In 2012, the project incorporated local schools and established environmental clubs in these schools through which a school green programmes has been established and sustained with over 200,000 trees planted in schools alone.
The scope of the project has expanded beyond tree planting to include sustainable agriculture, clean cooking technologies with over 8,000 stoves and 300 biogas units distributed ,water harvesting and other livelihood improvement activities.
Our ultimate goal is to plant over 1 million trees annually, distribute over 200,000 clean Cook-stoves annually and improve the livelihood of the Nyeri county community which has over 248,050 households (2019 Census)
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Tree-Nation Methodology