KenGen Givers and staff from KenGen Retirement Benefit Scheme joined hands with the KenGen Foundation for an environmental cleanup exercise at Ngong Hills on 1 November to kick off this year’s #GivingTuesday activities. The exercise was part of the Company’s Corporate Social Investment in environmental conservation implemented through the KenGen Foundation.
KenGen Givers climb Ngong Hills as they start the environmental cleanup exercise.
Braving the mid-morning chill, the Givers donned gloves and facemasks to pick litter and clear the area of plastic water bottles left behind by visitors. Rangers from the Kenya Forest Service, custodians of the Ngong Hills environment, joined the volunteers in the cleanup exercise.
“As a corporate organization with a huge environmental footprint across the country, it is our duty to lead from the front on matters concerning the state of our immediate environment”, said Anthony Igecha, Ag. Managing Trustee of the KenGen Foundation.
KenGen Foundation established the Employee Giver Initiative in 2015 as a platform for KenGen staff to be involved and contribute to the company’s CSI activities. So far, over 1,000 staff members from KenGen power plants have subscribed to the initiative.
“The Ngong Hills is home to KenGen’s wind power plant, and it is our mandate as a responsible corporate citizen to contribute to the welfare of the surrounding environment”, said Anthony.
The trash collected was later disposed of in an environmentally safe way.
The Ngong Hills environmental cleanup is part of a series of planned activities over the coming weeks at KenGen power plants aimed at celebrating the annual global #GivingTuesday movement. Now in its sixth year, the charitable day uses the power of social media to encourage organizations and individuals to donate funds or resources to worthy causes.
From giving donations, time or resources, #Giving Tuesday harnesses the power of social media and people’s innate generosity to create real positive change in their communities. Like other organizations, KenGen Foundation promotes local philanthropy through charitable activities at the end of the year to mark the beginning of the giving season.
#GivingTuesday provides a platform for participating organizations and individuals to encourage the donation of time, resources and talents to address local challenges.
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