Increasing forest cover through play in Nairobi

I am happy to share with you how the last 3 months have been; I can confidently say that there has been a significant rise on the attendance of Children in all 5 schools where community impact program is taking place.

With just 2 months remaining until the end of 2022, Green-Kenya team is looking forward to wrapping up the year on a high note. The organization has reached more Children compared to previous months this year this was attributed to insurmountable challenges. We have a total of 1246 Children, out of these, 805 are boys and 441 are girls.

The majority of the participants reached by gender are still boys. The average attendance of participants in Environmental literacy and Community Impact program is 76%, women up is 59% while Football academy is 85% respectively.

Even though the overall number of girls is low, there has been a gradual increase in the number of girls attending Women Up sessions compared to 6 months ago

The Community coaches have conducted 125 sessions from 7th February to 31st October and spent 439 hours 45mins on field. The community Coaches are certain that the amount of work will reduce significance because of short term that is characterized by preparation for final exams.

As they year come to a close, we would to thank, the schools, parents, community Coaches and everyone who made sure that the sessions went on through their donation. Your support assisted to reach many Children through sports to teach and share our feelings in the most affectionate way. I would like to say thank you.

From next year, the schools calendar will go back to normal as it was in 2019 before Covid 19, we believe that we will have a more structured learning both on and off the field and Children will have more time to rest during school holidays compared to the last 2 years. We are looking forward to go on a roller costa with, please share this message of passion and dedication with your family and friends on behalf of all the Children who taking port in Green-Kenya programs.

I wish you happy holidays in advance, and remember don’t forget to rest and reflect

With passion and dedication

Titus Musyoka

This is a story of one of our  youth leader, but for the sake of  his privacy, the name has been aletred

My name is Tito,  aged 24 years . I was born  and  bred and brought up at Mukuru  Slums. I went to many primary schools before finishing primary level, this was due to financial strains from my mother who has been taking care of us alone since i knew myself, I completed high school in 2018.

 I played football from the age of 8 but I realized it’s my talent when I was 12 years and joined a local football team and from then on, I got obsessed with football. In the slums, playing football is like a rite of passage for boys in my hood and I still play up to date though not every day.

Currently I am working with Green-Kenya as a programs officer, we teach through play. I joined the organization in the year 2019 around Mid-July. My efforts, hard work and perseverance has not gone unnoticed and this made the organization to give me more responsibilities and a new position which I highly appreciate. I started as a youth leader then promoted to a Community impact coach(CIC) and now am the programs Officer. I lead one of the most active programs Called Community impact program(CIP) which takes place in Mukuru kwa Rueben and Njenga slums working with three primary schools.

My major roles are to make sure programs are active, we have the right people on the ground for every program, to conduct sessions, lead the team and make sure updates are written after every activity/program. My community needs a lot to reach a certain social development level because it’s a fact that this community among other slum communities has high levels of crime rates, Pollution (Air, water and land), teenage pregnancies, drug and substance abuse and so many social issues affecting the communities. For this reason, I decided to join Green-Kenya which I believe has the solutions to this, like education through fun.

Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world and the children are the best change agents. A child grows, talks, wears and behaves exactly how they’ve been taught. My colleagues and I are using CIP Methodology to bring long term solutions in this community and am proud to be a change agent.