Tree nurseries
For more than two decades GIFT has funded water tanks, equipment and successional planting for small tree nurseries. Nursery operators also grow indigenous trees for replanting in the forest. After about five years a nursery gives a sustainable cash crop, and the wood can be used for building. At one nursery, the water tank GIFT installed also saved local families long walks to fetch water.
Woodlots on the coast
In 2022–23 GIFT funded new woodlots at Gede: cashew, coconut, neem and mango trees, which provide food and income as well as timber.
Planting together
In 2024 GIFT funded seedlings and tools in Embu, Laikipia, the Maasai Mara and Gede, timed to coincide with Kenya’s National Tree Day. The trees were planted on community land, in school grounds and in nurseries. In the Mara, indigenous trees have also been planted inside the fence that protects the community dam.
