24
Jan
Masinga Power Station Hosts GIC Phase V 3rd Runners Up
Arriving at the end of KenGen Masinga Power Station’s , 30 young environmentalists from Kamathitu Secondary School, Mwingi County, gazed in amazement at the massive machinery and rumbling turbines as they prepared for their tour of the power plant on 29 September. The students, accompanied by their Green Teachers William Mukundi and Peter Mutua, Principal... Read More
20
Jan
Riparian Conservation through Community Bamboo Growing Project
A field trip by a team from KenGen Foundation to Murang’a County community bamboo growing project sites was conducted on 19 January in partnership with bamboo experts Green Pot Enterprises, and representatives from Water Resource Users Association and the local government. Ambrose Njagi, the Foundation’s Senior Fundraising Officer was accompanied by Ernest Nyamasyo, Elishibah Msengeti... Read More
23
May
Launch of New Schools Afforestation Project Phase VI and Awards Ceremony.
Kanzinwa Primary School, Kitui County, was recognized as the winner of Phase V of KenGen Foundation’s flagship environmental conservation programme the Schools’ Green Initiative Challenge, a school based afforestation competition located in the semi-arid counties of Embu, Machakos and Kitui on 17 May. Kanzinwa Primary beat 99 other competing schools in the two year competition... Read More
17
May
KenGen Foundation Donates Waste Bins for Community Sustainable Solid Waste Management
KenGen Foundation and KenGen PLC on 16 May distributed 90 waste bins to the Kwa Muhia community, Naivasha, through the Kwa Muhia Environmental Group (KMEG), a local Community Based Organization involved in waste management. The waste bins were donated under KenGen PLC’s Employee Giver Initiative as a pilot Sustainable Solid Waste Management (SSWM) project to... Read More
19
Apr
Curtains Close on GIC Phase V as Phase VII Launched
Kanzinwa Primary School, Kitui County, was recognized as the winner of Phase V of KenGen Foundation’s flagship environmental conservation programme the Schools’ Green Initiative Challenge, a school based afforestation competition located in the semi-arid counties of Embu, Machakos and Kitui on 17 May. Kanzinwa Primary beat 99 other competing schools in the two year competition... Read More
14
Mar
KenGen Foundation Extends Corporate Social Investment to Amani Primary School
The KenGen Foundation demonstrated yet another act of philanthropy on January 4 during a project site visit with the Foundation’s Managing Trustee Mr. Anthony Igecha and staff Givers from Kipevu Power Station at Amani Primary School in Mombasa County. The team expressed their satisfaction at the recent construction and refurbishment of the school’s ablution block.... Read More
11
Mar
Bahari Girls Secondary School to get New Dining Hall courtesy of KenGen CSI
KenGen PLC, through the KenGen Foundation, donated Kshs. 1,000,000 to Bahari Girls Secondary School, Kilifi County, for the construction of a dining hall on 3 December to address the challenge of increased students enrollment in the institution. Mr. Alfred Oseko, KenGen’s Legal Manager and the Foundation’s Trustee, and the KenGen Foundation’s Managing Trustee, Mr. Anthony... Read More
04
Mar
Upper Tana Farmers Bamboo Project Sensitization
Approximately 80 farmers from Saba Saba, Muran’ga County benefitted from a sensitization forum on the environmental and socio-economic benefits of planting bamboo trees along riparian land on the 2nd and 4th of March. The sessions conducted by the KenGen Foundation introduced the farmers to the trees’ impacts in controlling rampant soil erosion while simultaneously curbing... Read More
10
Feb
Good News for Naivasha as KenGen Opens Taps
Residents of Naivasha have a reason to smile after KenGen PLC through its philanthropy arm, the KenGen Foundation today donated 300 (1,000 litre capacity) water tanks to several public institutions in Naivasha sub- county as part of its Corporate Social Investment (CSI) program on 10th February. The initiative which is part of KenGen PLC’s commitment... Read More
27
Jan
Securing The Future through KenGen’s Schools’ Afforestation Programme
Thua Primary School, Kitui County is the recent beneficiary of KenGen PLC’s Corporate Social Responsibility efforts aimed at improving schools infrastucture following the construction of an 8-acre chail link fence. The fence was built courtesy of the School’s Green Initiative Challenge, the flagship afforestation programme implemented by the KenGen Foundation as an award to the... Read More