Who we are

Mount Kenya Youth Initiative for Ecosystem Restoration (MKYIER) is a community-based organization founded by graduates’ volunteers from various fields (IT, Forestry, Journalist, Dentist, Mass media, and project officer in other NGOs).

This organization agenda is to help mitigate the alarming rate at which the rivers are drying up and land degradation was taking place within the area. The programs main aim is to involve the youth as active participants in environmental conservation. We achieve this by supporting schools environmental clubs with hand tools, nursery material and technical advice. We hope that the children will not only extend to their home the environmental and soil conservation knowledge gained, but they will also use it later in their adult lives.

What we do

The organization donates suitable tree seeds and potting bags to local schools to enable them establish tree nurseries as an active activity for the school environmental clubs (Indigenous, exotic, and fodder trees) and also awareness raising on Environmental conservation, HIV/AID and Drugs by giving a talk to the schools and through inter schools competition on the same themes.

Starting of tree nurseries in schools is a training ground where the young generation will be shown how to care for trees, be aware of principles of environmental, and soil conservation. We would like to extend to all the local schools country wide in Kenya.