The Technical Committee of the Schools Green Initiative Challenge is glad to announce the appointment of Samuel Kariuki as the new Monitoring and Evaluation Officers for Phase IV of the Schools Green Initiative Challenge. He joins Daniel Ndolo and January Muthoka from Better Globe Forestry at Eastern Hydros.

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Samuel, who started planting Mangifera indica at his uncle’s farm at age of 11 years, was an attachee at KenGen’s Gitaru before joining Better Globe Forestry. Samuel holds BSc.in Environmental Science from Chuka University, and is a qualified Natural Resource Management specialist, registered at NEMA as an associate lead expert in environmental assessment and audit.

Samuel Kariuki (far R) with colleagues January Muthoka and Daniel Ndolo at KenGen Kipevu Power Station.

Samuel will play a crucial role in monitoring the success of Phase IV of the GIC project, a unique partnership between the champions of dry-land forestry – Better Globe Forestry; the experts of habitat restoration – Bamburi Cement Ltd; Africa’s biggest geothermal energy producer – KenGen; and the KenGen Foundation.

The project, designed as a competition between participating schools, aims at greening over 500 acres of the semi-arid counties of Embu, Meru, and Machakos with drought-resistant Terminalia brownie, Senna siamea and Melia volkensi tree species.

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The project is gearing for the next teachers’ capacity building workshop for the current100 schools in Phase IV that are competing for the top prize in Phase IV of the afforestation competition. The winning school stands to win a fully paid trip to Mombasa, scholarships, and water tanks among others, based on the tree seedlings survival rates and innovations.

The new M&E officer is also charged with seedlings distribution, replacement, and keeping track of the project’s development within the 100 new schools participating on Phase IV.

Karibu Samuel!

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–Ernest Nyamasyo, Communication Officer