Community tree planting project in Mount Kenya

Summary

The Green Belt Movement will run a community based tree planting project in Mount Kenya to create sustainable livelihoods that support environmental and forests rehabilitation.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

To empower the local communities and rally them to conserve forests in Kenya, Green Belt Movement plans to initiate a rehabilitation project within the Mt Kenya ecosystem. The aim of this project is to restore degraded areas to improve the environment and ultimately better the livelihoods of the local communities.

Activities

Engage over 181 Green Belt Movement community groups in 42 networks to reach directly 3,545 people and at least 20,000 indirectly. Contribute towards planting over 125,000 trees in the project period.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://greenbeltmovement.org)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Through restoration of the environment, at least 50,000 people will benefit directly from improved access to firewood, food and clean water by the end of the project period.

Project Message

“I always felt that our work was not simply about planting trees. It was about inspiring people to take charge of their environment, the system that governed them, their lives and their future.”
- Wangari Maathai, Founder - The Green Belt Movement

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Anna Collins,

Development House
56 - 64 Leonard Street
London, EC2A 4LT
United Kingdom
0207 549 0395
Email:

Organisation

Green Belt Movement International - Europe
Development House
56 64 Leonard Street
London, EC2A 4LT
United Kingdom
02075490395
http://greenbeltmovement.org/index.php

Learn more about Green Belt Movement International - Europe and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Environment.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 23, 2010.

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