Adopt a tree

“Seeing the happy children and creating positive impact adds the zeal and great joy to my work”

We recently held a delightful tree planting event at Gilgil Special School, one of many schools where we’re promoting environmental stewardship amongst young people.

Gilgil Special School has a population of 125 pupils all empowered differently.  Unaffected by the challenges caused by autism, cerebral palsy and other physical and mental health challenges, students from this school enthusiastically participated in a successful tree planting event on 26th August 2022. 

Together with our partner, Globe Gone Green, we’ve planted 400 trees comprising mainly of fruit trees on the school’s grounds.

Tree growing is such a great way for the children to experience outdoor activities and it offers an opportunity for them to learn about about conserving the environment and interacting with nature.

Reflecting on the successful tree planting event at Gilgil Special School, Mercy told us, “It touches my heart deeply to see the enthusiasm and joy in these children as they interact and make great effort to put a tree on the ground.  The growing tree will help these children in their growing and appreciation of life, feeling helpful.”

Empowering tomorrow’s environmental guardians

To ensure that the trees grow well and flourish, each child will adopt-a-tree. And with the help and support of their teachers, students will be able to nurture and take care of the trees.

Teachers will help the students to water the trees. They will also take them around the school’s compound to check on the trees’ progress.

What informs the choice of trees planted here?

At ITF we apply radical listening when working with the communities. 

For this particular planting season in 2022, we sought to understand what the school community felt were the most appropriate tree species that would create an impact to them. 

The schools we’ve partnered with requested for fruit trees and fruit trees we planted!

Fruit trees planted will provide shade, act as wind breakers as well as provide fruits to supplement the students nutrition.

In 2019 we planted 200 agroforestry trees for the school’s fuel needs. And we are glad to see that these trees are thriving.

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