Project Report
| Feb 20, 2020
Planting more Trees in Kenya
By Jennifer Smith | Project Leader
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Our planting partners in Kenya continue to collaborate with us to reforest their pasture lands in order to regenerate their soils, food supplies and rain cycles. We are honroed to be able to continue to support these Maasai warriors who have struggled through years of drought and famine and are now enjoying the hope that comes with rain and planting more trees.
In combination with efforts to practice more holistic grazing practices for livestock, which is the heart of the Maasai way of life, planting trees has become a cornerstone of regenerative agricultural practices. Little by little, Maasai communities are recognizing that they have choices and power about how to solve their own climate crises and create a better life for themselves and their children. It is a long process to grow trees in these harsh conditions, but with regular paid upkeep and inspiration to keep planting, we are encouraged that our work is making a difference.
Thank you for your continued support for this ambitious project and we hope to report that we have obtained larger grant funding for even more expansion and empowerment in this needy region of the world.
![Dalmas Tiampati Leader Maasai planting trees]()
Dalmas Tiampati Leader Maasai planting trees
![Buying local native trees in Kenya]()
Buying local native trees in Kenya
![Teamwork is dreamwork !!!]()
Teamwork is dreamwork !!!
Nov 26, 2019
Its Raining in Kenya The Great Rift Valley
By Nalotuesha ( african name for tree Jenny ) | Project Leader
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Jenny Digging in Kenya
We are happy to report that it is raining in Kenya as is the custom, the short rains of November qare falling int he Great Rift Valley where lies Enkutoto Nahalala and the trees we are currently manging witht he care of members of the Massai Center for Regenerative Pastoralism/ We have been following the growth of the trees and even had to resport to the women watering them several months ago when the rains ID NOT come as scheduled to the area.
That's why planting more trees int his region is so important. Trees regulate the local and global hydrological cycles. Because of such widepsread and incessant deforestation in Kenya, rain cycles are too little or sometimes even too much. Dalmas Tiampati, Maasai community director in Kenya, has recently explained that some areas of the Great Rift valley are suffering landslides right now due to the high quantity of rainfall.
We are happy to report that we continue to send funds to our Kenya Tree Friends and are deep in search of international funding for this project to scale. For now, the generous support of our Global Giving community keeps the project alive and thriving with hope for the future of Community Carbon Trees Kenya.
THANK YOU.
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Tree PlantingSolves Hydro Cycle Imbalance
Sep 3, 2019
Lessons Learned In Kenya Working with Indigenous People
By Jennifer Smith | Project Leader
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Meeting with community and exchanging gifts
It has been more than six months since we returned from our amazing experience working witht he Massai clans in Kenya last November 2018. We are currently deep int he process of preparing our organization's replication manuals so that we can apply for larger funding from grants in order to scale our work there. The lessons we learned there are critical for inclusion in our future replication processes and we are motivated to streamline our replication process as much as possible so that scaling to other communities in Kenya will be even more productive and smooth.
In general working with indigenous communities requires a lot of patience and effective intentional dialogue and commnication. It is necessary to have charts and graphs and concrete flow charts as often communications tyles with abstract thinking is ineffective and confusing. Detaling clear job descriptions and easy simple procedures for reporting on completed tasks creates trust and accountability. Transparency is achieved by designing clear and easy accounting procedures that demonstrate how money is spent and whether activities are efficient and effective.
Finally, engaging in simple questionaires to track social impact is a final important element of the community reforestation work. We cannot preserve our work of planting and caring for new trees if we do not siccessfully empower communities, both mena nd women. This is challenign when working with impoverished people but truly it is where the greatest good is achieved long term for regrowing forest and conserving it with sustainable interaction with humans for future generations.
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Planning session using mind map techniques
![Designing innovation is easy in our flexible model]()
Designing innovation is easy in our flexible model
![Trying different ways to protect the trees]()
Trying different ways to protect the trees