Kenya Reforestation Projects on Coast and Hills
“Those that plant trees, plant hope”
Lucy Larcom
Deforestation can be reversed
Deforestation and Forest Loss - Our World in Data (an article exploring the subject of ending deforestation)
You may have seen the video of the orangutan trying to stop a digger in the Indonesian jungle, as it rips down its trees and wondered how this madness can be ended. Well, there are communities around the world reversing this trend, and we work with 2 in Kenya, in very different settings. One community is replanting the mangroves; another is replanting a rainforest.
Read more about these below, and book online for this amazing experience and vital work for their communities and our Earth
Reforestation for community resilience and wildlife conservation
Turtles│Mangroves│Livelihood
Location: Kenya’s East coast
Weeks: 4 - 52
Code: Ke_EC_EC
Project Overview:
Volunteer with a grass roots community organisation recognised by the Kenyan Gov since 2009. Their projects with 2 coastal communities are dedicated to safeguarding turtle nesting beaches, restoring the mangroves, and growing incomes through management of mangrove resources, such as crab farming, and developing tourism in this coastal environmental jewel
Equatorial Forest │ Agriculture │ Wildlife conservation
Location: Kakamega Forest
Weeks: 4+
Code: Ke_EC_KF
Project Overview:
join the Luhya people, regenerating the natural and cultural resources of East Africa’s equatorial rainforest remnant. Use agro-forestry; develop organic practices including pest control for crop resilience and food security. Identify traditional medicinal plants, store seeds, conserve butterflies and snakes, and carry out school outreach
