Elimu tree planting day

Kweyu Yetu CBO represented by Julia Wahome, had the pleasure of joining Jimba Gede secondary school in the Elimu tree planting day exercise and managed to plant 104 seedlings most of which were fruit trees.

Jimba Gede Secondary School agreed to partner with Kwetu Yetu CBO in waste management by constructing concrete cages for different wastes and is looking forward to training from our CBO. The country’s target of growing 15 billion trees in ten years is achievable through a multi-sectoral approach.

The Ministry of Education will lead the implementation of its tree-growing and seedling propagation action plan due to its significant land and human resource capacity. Speaking during a ministerial meeting, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu plans to collaborate with Environment, Climate-Change, and Forestry counterpart Soipan Tuya, as they are key sectors in policy implementation and implementation.

“Institutions of learning form the greatest potential the country has to achieve and surpass the 30 percent tree cover by 2032,” said Machogu noting that the Ministry of Education has developed a digital module platform leveraging on the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) for the tracking numbers, progress, accountability, transparency and authenticity in the tree growing program.

The ministry is promoting sensitization to increase awareness about tree growing as a cultural practice linked to character formation and development in educational institutions. Hence, Advocacy will be intensified at institutional levels by education stakeholders and tree-growing champions, who will be recognized based on performance before and during rainy seasons.

Timely planning by the various stakeholders would enhance the smooth tree growing process. For example, schools should give their required number of seedlings to the seedling producers during sowing season to avoid planting young seedlings that have low survival rate
Julia Wahome