Partners

Kenya Forest Service

In April 2024, I&M Foundation announced a partnership with Kenya Forest Services to rehabilitate and develop infrastructure in Nairobi’s Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary. The project valued at KES 162 million will be implemented over a three-year period. The Foundation recognises that to realise the transition to sustainable urban communities, stakeholders must develop holistic interventions which address multiple problem areas. This flagship project will lend itself to the global United Nations SDG goals 11, 13 and 15 towards sustainable cities and communities, climate action and life on land.

Our partnership with KFS will ease the strain on other similar parks such as Karura, as Nairobi’s population continues to increase. It will not only be a restoration of a major ecosystem but will also provide Nairobi residents with a safe space for social and physical activities like walking, running and hosting private events.

The key initiatives include the fencing of the sanctuary section of Ngong Road Forest; a 14-kilometre stretch across the informal settlement of Kibera and the Southern Bypass at Karen, construction of a modern ablution block at the Kibera boundary to relieve stress on the water resources of the sanctuary, provision of a motorable internal security trail, growing of trees in the degraded forest areas, scaling up the nursery for seedling production, construction of living quarters for rangers and the restoration of event grounds.

KCDF

I&M Foundation supports KCDF to inculcate the spirit of environmental conservation and sustainable management of resources among children and youth and nurture them into environmental champions by enabling them to plant trees and encouraging them to take care of these trees.

The project’s interventions are being implemented in learning institutions, religious places, markets, and other community spaces where children and youth are found. The project is implemented by the following community-based organizations.

– In Narok County: Nguzo Africa and Nkoilale Community Development Organization (NCDO)

– In Kilifi County: A Rocha Kenya and Malindi Education and Development Foundation (MEDA F)

Kenya Wildlife Service

In 2023, I&M Foundation and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) embarked on a desilting and rehabilitation project in the Nairobi National Park’s Southwestern Area.

The project was financed by the I&M Foundation with Ganatra Plant & Equipment donating a JCB excavator to facilitate the exercise. Following a protracted drought in 2023, the previously seasonal waterhole dried up completely, giving rise to the threat of human-wildlife conflict as the animals sought water outside of the park.

Miti Alliance

I&M Foundation supported Miti Alliance’s project to create arboretum spaces in ten public primary schools in Kiambu County through engaging 4,000 young learners in environmental awareness programs over a period of two years. We also sponsored the provision of tree seedlings and training on tree growing.