2 weeks Ago By KNA1
A group of women in Suba South Constituency has embarked on raising tree seedlings for planting this rainy season. Dubbed the Sindo Tree Nursery Women Project, the group aims to raise at least 1.5 million tree seedlings annually.
The group Chairperson Judith Dhiambo said that the women are working with the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) in partnership with the Voice for Just Climate Action (VCA) and the Next Level Grand Facility. Adhiambo said the organisations are helping them to expand the project, which they started with an initial two seed beds. The women have undergone capacity building with assistance from the organisations, which have also supplied them with equipment as well as financial support.
“Members have embraced the project and are working towards achieving the goals of environmental conservation. We also carry out routine cleanup of Sindo town and unclogging of drainage systems,” Adhiambo said. Speaking at the project site in Sindo Township, the Chairperson said the project has empowered them economically.
The project, which started in 2022, gained momentum in 2024 after they helped conserve the degradation of Kisaku village in Suba Central Sub County after a landslide washed away vegetation. The destruction also saw four people die and crops destroyed. Adhiambo said the tree seedlings they are raising will be planted in the degraded areas.
“We sell seedlings at affordable prices to residents who want them. The money we get helps us buy food and pay school fees for our children,” she said. The Sub County Forester Nancy Auma and the Chief for Kaksingri West Location, Daniel Magadi, said they were planting trees to rehabilitate the degraded Rangwa and Gwassi hills.
Auma said they are working closely with residents to grow trees and conserve the environment. Residents are also encouraged to grow fruit trees to improve food security. “Kenya Forest Service is encouraging residents to grow trees to fight the effects of climate change.
Trees have many benefits to human life,” Auma said. Magadi said they plant the tree seedlings every month during the chief’s tree planting day. The government plans to plant at least 15 billion trees by 2032 to increase forest cover and reduce the negative impact of climate change.
“We’re working together with the Sindo Nursery Women Project to ensure we achieve the target. Bamboo trees are planted at the shore of Lake Victoria for conservation,” Magadi said..
