Kisumu Women Street Food Vendors Receive Umbrella Shades and Aprons under the Green Cities Initiative
Friday, 22 July 2022
Today the Kisumu women street food vendors are the beneficiaries of the shade umbrellas and two aprons each that will cushion them from the harsh vagaries of weather and boost their hygiene standards while doing business. Coupled with the trainings they underwent on matters food safety and quality management held in the pilot areas; Kondele,
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Capacity Building of Kisumu Women Street Food Vendors on Food Safety and Quality Management under the Green Cities Initiative
Friday, 18 March 2022
By: Emily Mikwa 56 Kisumu county women street food vendors are the beneficiaries of a four day training on matters food safety and quality management held in the pilot areas; Kondele, Nyalenda and Nyamasaria under the green Cities Initiative, supported by FAO, and implemented by the Practical Action in collaboration with the County Government of
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Strengthening Climate Action through Stakeholder Engagement in Kisumu County
Friday, 18 March 2022
By Matilda Atieno Kisumu County has initiated the development of the integrated action plan for climate change in a two days stakeholder engagement workshop that brought together stakeholders from the community-based organizations, the private and public sector to deliberate on the mitigation and Adaptation action Plans for the year 2022-2027. The multi-stakeholder participation seeks to
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Kisumu Marks the World Wetlands Day
Wednesday, 02 February 2022
Residents of Kisumu County today joined the rest of the world in celebrating the world wetlands day at Dunga wetlands ground. The celebrations observed annually every 2nd of February brought on board stakeholders and members of the community concerned with environmental protection and conservation. These included: he county Government officials, BMUs, Friends of Dunga swamp,
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Kisumu Gearing up to Celebrate the World Wetlands Day
Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Residents of Kisumu have been called upon to take action for the Dunga wetlands; an appeal to invest financial, human and political capital to save the wetlands from extinction and to restore those that have been degraded. This year’s event themed Wetlands Action for People and Nature, highlights the importance of actions to ensure the
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Battling Pollution by Segregation, Recycling and Composting of Solid Waste at Ondiek Estate in Kisumu
Friday, 14 January 2022
By: Mikwa Emily Solid Waste management has been a major challenge in Kenya, with Kisumu city not exempted, as it generates up to 400 tons of solid waste daily. The solid waste is mainly disposed by open dumping and burning that poses environmental threat and health hazard from the emission of greenhouse gases into the
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Tree Planting Demonstrations at Rabuor and Usoma Primary Schools in Kisumu Under the Green Cities Imitative
Friday, 17 December 2021
By: Emily Mikwa Two more schools, Rabuor Primary School in Nyando sub county and Usoma Primary School in Kisumu West sub county have joined the rest as champions in tree planting in schools under the Green Cities Initiative. This comes after tree planting demonstrations in Union Primary school and Tido Primary schools. The four schools
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Capacity Building of CBOs in Promoting the Green Cities Initiative within Kisumu
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
By: Emily Mikwa Today, 26 members of the Green Network Community Based Organization (CBO) were trained on the importance of agroforestry in leveraging on sustainable food security and green lifestyles courtesy of County Government of Kisumu in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization. The Green Network CBO is a group from Kisumu West sub
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