Moringa for Health and Water Purification

by Trees for Kenya
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Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification
Moringa for Health and Water Purification

Summary

Moringa for Health and Water Purification project will provide 1,000 Community Members from Makueni with 20 Moringa seedlings each to plant on their farms. Planting these high yield trees will go a long way to address malnutrition and contaminated water in the Makueni Community.

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Challenge

Makueni community has a high rate of malnutrition among community members. Because of food scarcity during dry seasons, the population suffers from a lack of proteins, vitamins and full range of essential nutrients. Because of the severe effects of climate change, good, clean water sources are rare, and the community must rely on contaminated water collected from earth dams and sand dams. Under these conditions, they are susceptible to a wide range of poor health and disease conditions.

Solution

The Moringa Oleifera tree can provide a source of nutrition to community members, especially during the dry seasons. Moringa contains nine essential amino acids, 27 vitamins, 46 antioxidants, minerals and is a rich and rare source of zeatin, quercetin, beta-sitosterol, caffeoylquinic acid and kaempferolt. It can improve human lactation and treat a variety of chronic illnesses, bites, wounds, and other ailments. The seeds provide a quick and reliable method of water purification.

Long-Term Impact

This project will provide over 1000 households with agricultural resources during dry seasons. Every part of the Moringa oleifera are edible and rich in nutrients. The trees will become a reliable source of nutrition as well as raw materials for an indigenous system of medicine. Moringa oleifera tree is drought resistant and essential for climate change mitigation and adaptation in these areas with a potential to help over 10,000 community members to treat water from contaminated sources.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Organization Information

Trees for Kenya

Location: Nairobi - Kenya
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Trees for Kenya
Paulino Damiano
Project Leader:
Paulino Damiano
Nairobi , Kenya

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