School environmental clubs
Weekly club sessions led by trained patron teachers with locally written lesson material.
Education
Green Schools of Kulal
Environmental clubs in 14 primary and secondary schools across Loiyangalani, Gatab and Kargi wards.
- Location
- Loiyangalani, Gatab & Kargi wards
- Timeline
- 2018 - present · Ongoing
- Partners
- School boards · Ministry of Education (county office)
The challenge
Why this work matters
Children in Kulal grow up surrounded by one of Kenya's rarest ecosystems, yet the syllabus they study describes forests they will never visit and rivers that do not exist here.
Meanwhile, schools were spending scarce budget on fuelwood and had no shade in compounds that reach punishing temperatures by mid-morning.
What we do
Activities on the ground
School tree nurseries
Each participating school runs a nursery that supplies its own compound and sells surplus seedlings.
Field days on the mountain
Learners walk the restoration blocks and meet the rangers and elders who manage them.
Inter-school conservation festival
An annual competition of debates, plays and nursery yields.
Results
What has changed
3,200+
Learners reached
14
Schools with active clubs
9,000+
Trees planted in school compounds
8
Annual festivals held
- Several club alumni have returned as forest guards and nursery supervisors.
- Participating schools report measurable shade cover and reduced fuelwood spending.
From the field
Project gallery
“My pupils can name thirty indigenous trees now. Five years ago they could name three, and two of those were exotics.”
Downloads
Documents & data
Club curriculum guide
Term-by-term lesson outlines for patron teachers.
Requesting a document? Write to us via the contact page and we will send it directly.
