Scaling from 5000 to 136,455 bunds: Making Northern Kenya greener

Project Update

Publish date: September 20, 2023

Semi Circular Bunds, Kenya
Semi Circular Bunds, Kenya / Author: Peter Messerli

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Multi-purpose corridors and ecosystem restoration

Multi-purpose corridors and ecosystem restoration

Scaling from 5000 to 136,455 bunds: Making Northern Kenya greener

Project Update

Part of the project

Multi-purpose corridors and ecosystem restoration

Multi-purpose corridors and ecosystem restoration

Publish date: September 20, 2023

We are seeing promising results of our approach in Northern Kenya: The semi-arid landscape there is turning a little greener. We are combining a known method to protect precious water and soil, semi-circular bunds, with traditional systems and our solutionscapes approach to assure long-term success.

This youth-led initiative by the Green Earth Warriors, with the Wyss Academy as catalyst and technical expertise by Justdiggit, has expanded to involve around 500 households and three local women’s groups- the Twiga Mamas, the Chui Mamas and the Naitutum Women’s group – and has scaled up from 5000 to 136,455 on 796 hac projected bunds within only a few months. Through our integrated monitoring and evaluation system, we can provide data on this approach for like-minded partners. Hopefully, other regions may benefit from this solution.

Setting up to dig the Semi Circular Bunds
Setting up to dig the Semi-Circular Bunds / Author: Sheila Funnell
Setting up to dig the Semi Circular Bunds
Setting up to dig the Semi Circular Bunds / Author: Sheila Funnell

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