First Lady Mama Rachel Ruto during a tree planting exercise at Shikuse prison in Kakamega County on June 8, 2023. [PCS, Standard] Last year, on a trip to Ethiopia, my Tanzanian colleague Amani Shayo and I had the pleasure of meeting Wassie Alemayehu, an incredible conservation leader and a foremost authority on the Ethiopian Church Forest programme. As we sat with him and his team from ORDA-Ethiopia to help them strategise, they described their work. I was fascinated, not just by the interplay between faith and conservation, but by Ethiopia’s enduring allure for those of us whose parents were in…
Author: By Njenga Kahiro
First Lady Mama Rachel Ruto during a tree planting exercise at Shikuse prison in Kakamega County on June 8, 2023. [PCS, Standard] Last year, on a trip to Ethiopia, my Tanzanian colleague Amani Shayo and I had the pleasure of meeting Wassie Alemayehu, an incredible conservation leader and a foremost authority on the Ethiopian Church Forest programme. As we sat with him and his team from ORDA-Ethiopia to help them strategise, they described their work. I was fascinated, not just by the interplay between faith and conservation, but by Ethiopia’s enduring allure for those of us whose parents were in…
A woman holding soil. [Courtesy/GettyImages] Many years ago, a small boy accompanied his mother to a women’s group meeting near Magomano factory in Gatundu South. The women were tending a tree nursery, preparing to plant grevillea along the boundaries of their farms. During that meeting, another woman arrived and spoke with such clarity about our responsibility to heal the land that even the small boy on the periphery felt inspired. .fade-out-overlay { position: absolute; top: -80px; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 60px; z-index: 1; background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)); } .paywall-container { position: relative;…