NARRATIVE REPORT PAT

FINAL REPORT

TREE IS LIFE PROJECT

NYAHURURU CATHOLIC DIOCESE

PERIOD: APRIL 2002 - DECEMBER 2003

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Table of contents:

1. Introduction Page3

2. Summary of activities Page3

3. Activities and objectives Page6

4. Sustainability Page9

5. Developments not in proposal Page10

6. Acceptability Page 10

7. Strong elements of the projectPage 11

8. Weak elements of the project Page11

9. Monitoring and evaluation Page11

10. Financial summary Page 12

10. Conclusion Page 12

Annexes:

Annex 1: Schools and groups: summary Page13

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Annex 2: Training curriculum groupsPage 14

Annex 3: Training curriculum schoolsPage 15

Annex 4: Group work Page 16

Annex 5: School work Page 18

Annex 6: Awareness activities Page20

Annex 7: Mural paintings Page21

Annex 8: Financial report Page22

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1. Introduction:

This report comprises the period April 2002-December 2003. Theproject duration was extended after December 2002 by one year untilDecember 2003 in agreement with donor PAT, through FontanaFoundation. Therefore, this is the final report for the project. Thenarrative report will follow here below, while the financial reportis attached in annex 8.

2. Summary of activities:

2.1 Staff and office matters:

Staff was hired at the beginning of April 2002 and contracts wererenewed 2003. Next to regular staff, two volunteers joined theproject in 2003. Details and pictures about the staff can be found inthe website www.treeislife.org. However, Mr. Fabio Pipinato went backto Italy in August 2003 and is now working for the project as aliaison officer.

Transport was obtained: 1 car and 3 motorcycles. They were all boughtsecond hand.Office equipment was also purchased: 1 computer (new) among othersmaller items.

2.2 Beneficiaries:

The project has four target groups: Boys and Girls in primary and secondary schools: They can join the

program on voluntary basis. They must form a club with electedleaders, like chairman, secretary and treasurer. The schoolavails a teacher as the patron of the club to assist them. Theclub must have a tree nursery within the school compound.Currently we work with 28 primary schools and 9 secondaryschools. The average size of the club is 42 members (see annex 1and 5).

Boys and girls in Italian schools. Fifteen classes in 8 schools haveagreed to join the project.

Farmers organized in Self Help Groups: They can join the programwhen they form Self Help Groups. They have to establishnurseries and plant at least 20 trees per year per individualmember. Currently we work with 33 self-help groups. The average

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size of the groups is 23, while 75% of them are women (see annex1 and 4).

Christian Communities in general and the public at large: These arethe people who attend single awareness days, who read tree islife contributions in the national or local newspaper ofNyahururu or who view murals (drawings) or signposts of theprogram. Estimates on numbers of beneficiaries are difficult togive, because the group is very diverse.

2.3 Methodologies:

Kenyan schools and groups:The program aims at promoting self help initiatives within theschools and groups. It means that the office goes through thefollowing process with club and group members: Awareness and group mobilization: The program is explained to

potential schools and groups and they are asked to officiallyform a club or group.

Identification of clubs/groups: Clubs and schools are identified andthey must have names, members, officials, goals and objectives.

Training: Training is provided to the clubs and groups, which mustbe implemented, (see annexes 2 and 3 for detailed trainingprograms). After the first training, clubs/groups must start atree nursery. School and groups are supposed to harvest seeds ontheir own and buy the poly-

tubes. Only the first time schools and groups can get a littleassistance to obtain the seeds theycould not get through harvesting and a small amount of poly-tubes.

Follow up: Follow up visits are made to see if farmers/studentsimplement the training session and to oversee the overallprogress.

In addition for schools several activities have been developed:-Newsletters: School children write articles and makedrawings which are edited and compiled in the office.-Tree parties: An environmental competition with marksawarded for nurseries, songs, drama, essays, quizzes andpoems.-Environmental games: Several games have been developed andchildren learn in a competitive way on environmental issues.They can play very long periods without getting tired.

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When a school or group has not fulfilled the requirements, theprogram discontinues the support to the club/school.

Italian schools:In Italy, the association Nettare is working with the project. So farNettare has developed methodologies, which consists of four sessionsfor the Italian school program with primary and secondary schoolswithin the Autonomic Province of Trento. In the Primary schools the first sessions is the introduction withteachers and also the planning of the other three sessions.The content of the second meeting is: Forest, an ecosystem withdifferent important elements.The content of the third meeting is: Forest and its resources. Forestresources are limited and the global deforestation affects all peoplearound the world. The content of the fourth meeting is to look into possible solutionsto counter global deforestation, starting with the life styles in therich part of the world.The methodologies will differ between two categories: 1) standard onetill standard five and 2) standard six till standard eight andsecondary schools.In the second category, tutors of Nettare will start directly withstudents utilising the material in our website and Tree is Lifeschool newsletter. These students have enough command of English tobe able to communicate in English. They will also be in directcontact with students from Kenyan schools.

Awareness:Awareness in parishes is a one-day activity and it is done during therainy season. These days are announced in radio citizen and/or InooroF.M., the most popular stations around. Where possible, parishpriests are involved to say mass with an environmental aspect in it.Within the mass, the program has a chance to explain the purpose ofthe day, which goes together with giving out small papers withmessages to stimulate people to plant trees and to become a friend ofthe environment. After mass all local groups of the parish (women,men, youth, choir, etc) will plant a tree. There is an opportunity tobuy trees of fast growing exotic or indigenous species after mass.Sometimes there is an alternative program with video, drama, speechesand songs.

Other awareness activities are through the local newspaper, where theproject is buying media space on weekly basis. Furthermore the

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project produces articles in national newspapers like the DailyNation, People Daily and the Standard in collaboration withjournalists.

Many wall paintings (murals) are used for awareness in the targetarea of the project. Artists apply by letter accompanied by a drawingin an A-4 paper. A selection is made and the best proposals arepainted on walls. Schools, businesspersons, churches, etc. can applyfor murals and normally they are done on cost sharing basis. Throughmurals it is possible to reach all people, also illiterate people,because every mural is an open book that explains:

How to prepare a nursery; Protection of trees from livestock; Integration of crops with trees; Involvement of women in planting trees;1

Planting seasons; Putting manure in the planting holes; Proper planting sites (not near electricity lines); Watering of seedlings: General care for trees

Awareness is also done on our website www.treeislife.org. The targetgroup reached through the website is very different from targetgroups reached through murals or (local) newspapers. Through thewebsite, it is possible to explain the project to a wide audience,like important agencies as World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) orUnited Nations, people and students in Europe and any interestedperson.

1 In the local culture the women can collect firewood, but they do not have land rights and therefore, even if they plant trees they are not allowed to own them.

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3. Activities and objectives:

3.1 Groups:

Specific objectives for groups were: To mobilize 40 groups within the target area To establish 40 tree nurseries as income generating projects for

members of the groups. To train groups on nursery management, use of organic farming

techniques and fruit tree growing. To train groups on group formation issues (including financial

management, leadership and economic project planning)

Indicators for these objectives were: Training of 400 people within the groups (average 10 per group) Raising 400,000 tree seedlings (10,000 per nursery)

The project works with 33 groups (annex 1 and 4), which means that82.5 % of the target is met. Another 13 groups were working with theprogramme, but they were discontinued for various reasons: wrongexpectations (waiting for handouts), no commitment to work, etc.

A group consists on average of 25 members and the project workscurrently with 744 farmers, which is 186% of the target of 400. Eachgroup has established at least one nursery as an income-generatingproject. The total number of tree seedlings within group nurseries is688,700: 391,400 in 2002 and 297,300 in 2003, which is much higherthan the estimated 400,000 seedlings indicated, while the calculatednumber of seedlings per year for each group is 10,595, which is veryclose to what was indicated. At the time of data collection for 2003,people were still increasing the number of seedlings, so at plantingtime the number will be higher.

A training curriculum has been developed (annex 2) and groupsreceived on average nine training sessions per group (annex 4), inwhich usually several topics are trained.

Follow up visits were conducted once or twice a month to see iftraining sessions were applied.

3.2 Schools:

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The specific objective for schools was: To start education programs in 40 schools within the target area.The proposed number of students per active environmental club inschools would be 100.Currently, the project works with 37 schools (annex 1), which is 92.5percent of the proposed target. Another eight schools werediscontinued, mainly because patrons within these schools werechanged and new patrons did not take up the work of the previouspatron. The estimate of 100 students per environmental club appearedto be far too optimistic. Currently, we are working with an averagesize of 42 members per club, which means the project reaches 42 % ofthat target.

Currently, there are 37 nurseries with a total of 137,100 treeseedlings in their nurseries and in 2002, 18 nurseries produced atotal of 71,600 tree seedlings. The total number of seedlingsproduced by the schools in two years is 208,700 seedlings. A numberof 15 schools (see also annex 5) are on the waiting list.

The training curriculum (annex 3) consists of three main topics andall schools club members have received on average eight out of twelvetraining sessions. Schools, which started later, are behind (annex5). With the current rate of deforestation it was seen necessary thatall pupils/students get hands-on-experience with nurseries, so thatin future enough people can start nurseries on their own.

Five newsletters were produced with the contributions of children.They contain stories, poems, jokes and drawings. The stories anddrawings are edited and the children are very happy to see theircontributions.

Environmental games have been developed as a way for creativelearning and they have been tested in schools. The children like thegames very much and children are never tired to play. In this waychildren are engaged in a very positive way about environment.

Three Tree Parties have been held according to the example inTrentino, Italy. After days of preparation, the schools competed attheir best for the top prices. Nursery work was awarded for 25% ofthe points and others like drama, songs, quizzes, art and essays madeup the rest. All the tree parties were won by school clubs, which hadalso the best nursery.

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3.3 Schools in Italy and exchange: The school program in Italy started in January 2003 after allpreparations were finalized. They started with 8 schools: 15 classeswith 25 students each. Each class received 4 sessions onenvironmental issues with emphasis on forests.

Two people form Italy, one student and one tutor, came for exchangeto Kenya, during May 2003, when there were very many activities goingon as tree parties, tree planting campaigns, exhibitions, etc. Theygot a good impression of the environment in Kenya and they have hadseveral occasions where they shared with students from Kenya.Students from Kenya did not go to Italy, as the project was not ableto make arrangements in time. Students in Kenya have no birthcertificate, passports, etc and the time such a process would take toarrange all the paperwork, was underestimated.

3.4 Awareness:

Awareness in parishes:The specific objective for awareness in parishes was: To organize 10activities with a total of 1000 people taking part.

The project organized 20 separate awareness occasions (annex 6) witha total of 3723 people taking part, which is respectively 200 % and372.3 % of the target.

Awareness through newspapers and radio:The specific objectives for newspapers and radio are: To reach 500,000 potential readers of the “Daily Nation” or other

alternative media of Kenya. To reach 500,000 potential listeners of KBC Radio.

Home news:Since June 2002 until the last week of the year 2003, Tree is Lifepublished articles and announcements in the local newspaper ofNyahururu, called Home News, on weekly basis. Every week it reachesaround 25.000 people according the editor, and we have published in42 different volumes. An estimate for the total number of readers,who have at least seen one article, is impossible to give, becausedata are not available. Tree is Life has produced three inserts in the home news:

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1) A calendar, which suggests people to plant trees, to take care ofdomestic animals and to maintain a proper compound (January 2003). 2) A technical guide on tree planting, which was published in March2003. 3) The cartoon story of Njeri, a schoolgirl who was very keen inconserving the environment in her neighbourhood (July 2003).

NationDaily:The Nation is the most important nationwide newspaper in Kenya. Threepublications were made: An environmental game titled: Plant your treeand win! was published on 5th January 2003, an article on our workwith Rumuruti Forest Working Group on 18-12-2003 and a calendar on28th December 2003 with the message: Save Our Forests…Save Our Future.Through this newspaper it has been possible to reach an estimated500.000 people per publication.

The standard:The Standard is the second widely read newspaper in Kenya and anarticle about mural paintings of the project titled: For the art andlove of nature was published on 14th June 2003.

People Daily:The people daily is the third widely read newspaper in Kenya and ithas published 15 articles on various activities initiated or carriedout by the project.

Other publications:Articles featuring our work have also appeared in other publicationssuch as The Seed, Farmers Journal, The Eye and internationalpublications in African Business Review and African Farming.

Italian newspapers:Some Italian newspapers like Mani Tese, Vita Trentina, TrevisoSette,have published articles (including pictures), which covered one fullpage. These articles strengthen the programs objective to support anexchange network between Italy and Kenya.

Radio Citizen and Inooro FM:The project broadcasted on twenty-eight different days messages ontree planting and awareness in the local Kikuyu language. Everymessage has reached an estimated one million listeners. Half of thelisteners of Radio Citizen understand Kikuyu, so with our messages wehave reached half million people per day. An estimate for the number

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of people who have at least heard one message is impossible to give,because these data are not available.

Awareness through murals:The project has painted 48 murals with a total of 1325 m2 (completelist is shown in annex 7). Murals appear in public places likemarkets, bus stations, public toilets as well as in schools.

Awareness through Internet:It is also possible to enter in the network of the environmentalorganizations based in Kenya with information from the projects’website. Some Italian newspapers have already prepared articles aboutTree is Life project with the material within the Press Kit of theprojects’ website.

3.5 Other activities:

Environmental Impact Assessment: The project did an Environmental Impact Assessment for two weeks inAugust 2002. According to Kenyan law it is a necessity for such aproject. This assessment looks at possible negative impacts of theproject and how they can be mitigated. In general, the project hadonly positive impacts on the environment, but to achieve this, it wasstressed that networking with stakeholders within environment wasimportant.

Networking:The project aims at networking with various partners in addition tolocal stakeholder groups. They are United Nations Environment Programunder UNDP, ICRAF, Italian embassy and a provincial network. Othersare Kenya Forest Working Group, Help Self Help Initiatives, KenyaOrganization for Environmental Education and Laikipia Wildlife Forum.

Exhibition:The project attended a three days exhibition in Nairobi (Format 3) onorganic resource management and agriculture technologies in 2002. Theprojects’ stand received many visitors, including ICRAF, UNDP and theItalian embassy. Another exhibition for organizations in Rift Valley

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Province on making waste a resource was held at Nakuru in 2003,whereby our stand focused on energy saving devices.

Video shooting:A video was produced on the work of Tree is Life by two professionalsfrom Italy. The video takes 11 minutes and gives a good impressionabout the work of the programme.

Exposure visitsStaff of the project visited a project on fruit growing, KamuruguAgriculture Development Initiative, in a similar area as the targetarea of the project. Another visit was at Tree biotechnology to learnabout fast growing Eucalyptus hybrid trees.

4. Sustainability:

The project works towards sustainability in the following ways: Self help Initiatives: The project promotes as much as possible

self-help initiatives. The main focus is on training, where nohandouts are given. One example is that groups and clubs aretrained on seed harvesting, so that they do not rely on theproject for most of their seeds in the future.

Stakeholders meetings: Stakeholders in environmental work arebrought together to pull resources and manpower together so thatactivities are not depending on a single actor. Normally theymeet once per month in each of the focus areas.

Cost sharing: Activities of the program are on cost sharingbasis. Owners of murals in town and schools contribute towards amural. When they are used to paying for murals, they also engageartists in drawings, without involving the program. Cost sharingwas also applied to schools and groups where they contribute 2/3

of poly-tubes for seedlings while the project gives 1/3. Networking: The project works with a variety of organizations to

create a strong network. We take part in network meetings,exhibitions, etc.

Fundraising: PAT provided 57% of the project costs, while theother 43% was fundraised on our own. This made the project lessdependent on the major donor PAT (annex 8:Table 1).

Structures in place to support sustainability:

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Structures are on low cost and self-help basis. An already existingself-help group, which we found at the start of the project,will most likely continue even if the project stops.

Catholic parish network: The project is linked to the catholicparish network. It means that the network will support theproject within its means possible.

Collaboration with other projects: Other projects can give us workand in exchange they can support part of the project.

The exchange between Italian and Kenyan schools can be a structurefor a long lasting exchange.

5. Developments not in proposal:

Four new main developments can distinguished: School project: The school project is appreciated very much. It was

not foreseen that the variety of tools for educating children ismuch wider than what we could envisage before. We have developeda set of environmental games and newsletters to be used in ourschools.

Murals: The drawings/paintings on walls in Nyahururu and itsenvirons are very educative and a project with UNDP has alreadystarted to expand this mural part of the project in Mt. Kenyaregion.

Animal Welfare: The project has started to cooperate with IFAW,International Fund for Animal Welfare. The focus currently ismainly on domestic animals. Tree planting is also concentratedaround homesteads and we believe that both components willstrengthen each other. The IFAW report has been preparedseparately.

Stakeholders: The project brought together several stakeholders inenvironment and currently people with skills in energy savingdevices, herbal medicine, seed harvesting, plant dyes and eco-tourism meet one a month.

6. Acceptability:

Acceptability of the project by the different target groups: Schools: The schools have accepted the project very well. Schools

got directives from the ministry of education to start tree-planting activities. Headteachers welcomed the idea very much.The children enjoyed the revival of clubs in schools. Before,

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each school had a club, but many ceased to exist in the 90s asit was not compulsory. Now children are very happy with extracurriculum activities.

Groups: People are more and more pressed by lack of firewood becausethe government has banned harvesting of forest products and theyare happy with the new project. The project gets very manyrequests to work with groups and in some areas groups must beput on a waiting list (currently with 15 schools and 18 groups),because the project cannot cope with the amount of work.Government officials are also happy with the project and assistin training of groups.

Groups in protection of forests: Rumuruti Forest Working Group haveset up large nurseries with assistance of our project and wecollaborate very closely now. There are other ideas to managesimilar protected areas through Tree is Life project.

Stakeholders have been promoted through Tree is Life activities andnow stakeholders are widely known. The result is that seedharvesters sell more seeds, more energy saving stoves are made,etc.

Awareness: The awareness is appreciated very much. Most of thepeople in the target area know about the mural paintings and theproject gets comments that we have understood the people reallywell. Through national newspapers and Home News, a weeklymagazine, the project has had contributions on weekly basis.Comments from readers were that it was simply not possible toignore the message. Tree planting campaigns in parishes areorganized in rainy seasons and promote a lot of tree planting.Nursery owners in Nyahururu commented on increased sales.

7. Strong elements of the project:

Strong elements of the project are: School project: The project uses a very unconventional way of

training students/pupils. Games, essay competitions, etc.attract a lot of interest.

Group project: The group project is very much appreciated, becausepeople/farmers are used to self-help groups. Fruit tree growingas part of the project gives farmers an opportunity to earncash from tree growing on a regular basis.

Awareness: Newspaper articles are widely read and the office inNyahruru gets visitors from all over the country. Muralpaintings are extremely popular and in very high demand.

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The project has appealing ideas and therefore it has been invited toshare its experiences on several occasions with ICRAF (schoolprogramme), UNDP (mural paintings), KFWG (protection of forestsand nurseries), among others.

A component in Italy on environmental awareness, creating thepicture that many environmental issues are global oriented.

8. Weak elements of the project

Weak elements of the project are: Nurseries within the school project go down, when the schools are on

holiday or strike. Seedlings in a sensitive state often die.Another difficulty is the change of head teachers and patrons,which can turn a very good nursery in a very bad one from 1 dayto the other. A lot of these factors are beyond control of theproject and several poor performing schools were replaced withother schools.

Several groups were discontinued because they did not really puteffort. Training on group mobilization skills were given, butwhen groups do not make progress, they are discontinued andreplaced by other groups. The cause is mainly dependencysyndrome, whereby groups/people wait to be given handouts forfree. When they are not forthcoming, they get discouraged andleave the project.

The exchange between Kenya and Italy is not easy. There is alanguage problem and this affects direct communication a lot.Also the exchange for students is not supported very much byparents, because they are not very keen to let their childrengo abroad.

9. Monitoring and evaluation

There are six monitoring tools in place to check the progress of theproject:1. Website: Proposals and reports (including financial and annual

reports) are available here. Donor agencies and interestedpartners can monitor the progress.

2. School appraisal sheet: This sheet shows if schools qualify forour project and why.

3. Group/school identification sheets: They give all the basicinformation on groups and schools.

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4. Group/school progress sheet: This sheet is filled after everyvisit of schools/groups and it indicates training provided andprogress made.

5. Nursery monthly return sheets: They give on monthly basis thenumber of trees in the nurseries among other data for bothschool and group nurseries.

6. Monthly reports project officers: They give a monthly overviewof project officers.

10. Financial summary

The total project cost as per budget was Kshs 6,328,734 and in Kenyathe project spent Kshs. 5,948,150.72. Other costs were made in Italy.For a detailed financial report we refer you to annex 8.

11. Conclusion

The project has carried out the project proposal and has gone beyondthe expected benefits stated in the proposal. Several new initiativeswere developed like murals, extensive school programme, stakeholdersmeetings and the animal welfare component. The only part, which wasnot fully done as per proposal, was the exchange of Kenyans to Italy.

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Annex 1: Number of seedlings raised in the two years and theparticulars per focus area for groups and schools

Table 1: Seedlings produced in the nurseries by groups and schoolsin the project period.

Year Groups Schools Total2002 391,400 71,600 463,0002003 297,300 137,100 434,400Total 688,700 208,700 897,400

Table 2: Schools in 2003: Number in project (NO), numbercoming up (NCU), number of training sessions (NTS) done,number of members (NM), number of nurseries (NN) and totalnumber of seedlings (NS).

Area NO NCU NTS NM NN NSNdaragwa /Karemeno

12 4 96 537 12 29600

Nyahururu 15 8 129 570 15 67500Ng’arua 10 3 79 516 10 40000Total 37 15 304 1623 37 13710

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Table 3: Groups in 2003: Number in project (NO), number comingup (NCU), number of training sessions (NTS) done, number ofmembers (NM), number of nurseries (NN) and total number ofseedlings (NS).

Area NO NCU NTS NM NN NSNdaragwa /Karemeno

9 5 75 148 14 46800

Nyahururu 17 16 209 331 19 198500

Ng’arua 7 2 60 265 11 33000

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Total 33 23 344 744 44 297300

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Annex 2: Training curriculum for groups.

TRAININGBLOCK

ORGANIC FARMING

AGROFORESTRY ORGANIZATION, DEVELOPMENT ANDINSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING

1. Module 1-Soilfertility-Plantingsystems

Module 2-NurseryEstablishment

Module 3-Group Dynamics-leadership-Records keeping

2. Module 1.Cropprotection. -Repellants. -Naturalpesticides.

Module 2Seedlingsmanagement. -pricking out. -Grafting&budding. -Pests & Diseasescontrol.

Module 3.-Conflict management.-Local governance

3. Module 1Appropriatetechnologies

Module 2-Tree Fields management.-Seed havesting technology

Module 3Project cycle: -identification. -fomulation. -implementation. -monitoring & evaluation. -report writing.

4. Module 1Animal health by organic means

Module 2 -Specific trees &their uses. -agroforestrysystems.

Module 3.Gender and development.

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Annex 3: Training sessions and activities for schools

TRAININGBLOCK

ORGANIC FARMING AGROFORESTRY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

1 Module 1-Soil fertility

Module 2-Nursery establishment

Module 3-Leadership-Competitions

2 Module 1Making simple pesticides

Module2Seedlings management -pricking -budding/grafting -Pests& diseases

Module 3- Educative exchange visits- Drawing and cartoon development- Quizzes

TRAININGBLOCK

ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES

3 Module 1Newsletter-contributions-essays-poems-drawing/cartoon

Module 2Identification of different trees and their uses.Tree planting in school compound

Module 3Games

4. Module 1Newspaper extracts

Module2Extra curriculum activities:-bird feeding-environmental activities

Module 3-Artifacts-Quizzes-Competition-Essays-Poems-Drama-Public speaking-Video and photography

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Annex 4: Group work:- Name, code, training provided (see also annex 2), No. of training sessions (NT), No. of group members (NM), No. of nurseries (NN), No. of seedlings (NS)

Table 1: groups in the programme.No Group name code TRAINING ACTIVITIES NT NM NN NS

B1

B2

B3

B4

M1 M2 M3 M1 M2 M3 M1 M2 M3 M1 M2 M31 Sipili fruits Nga00

1 - - 10 40 3 6000

2 Ndaragwiti fruits

Nga002

- 11 18 3 20003 Sipili tree Nga00

3 - - - 9 35 1 5000

4 Sipili water tanks

Nga004

- - - - - 7 60 1 10005 Kinamba

mazingiraNga005

- - 10 25 1 30006 Muungano njorua Nga00

6 - - - - - - 5 60 1 10000

7 Karandi trre nursery

Nga007

- - - - - 7 27 1 250008 Mageria shg Nda00

1 - - 10 8 1 9500

9 Pesi tree planting

Nda002

- - - - - - 6 16 1 200010 Muungano tree

nurseryNda003

- - - 9 17 1 600011 Thungurui Nda00

4 - 11 15 1 4000

12 Kuga na gwika Nda005

- - 10 30 1 750013 Nyaigi shg Nda00

6 - - - 9 32 1 4000

14 Mukuyu agrof Nda007

- 11 15 1 700015 Thigio shg Nda00

8 - - - - - - - - 4 1 2000

16 Muthuri water &hort.

Nda009

- - - - - - - 5 15 6 480017 Miro8 youth Nyg00

1 12 21 1 8000

18 Kinguka fisheries

Nyg002

12 9 1 1100019 Mbombo tree

nnurseryNyg003

12 16 1 1000020 Kianjata tree

nuraseryNyg004

- 11 26 1 60001.2

Gathanji treenursery

Nyg005

- 11 23 1 36000

22 Marmanet Nyg006

- - - - - - 6 29 1 5600023 Baraka tree

nurseryNyg007

- - - - 8 13 2 1400024 Hospital joint

w. groupNyg008

- - - 9 24 2 700025 Kinguka poultry Nyg00

9 12 11 1 5000

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26 Limunga fruits Nyg010

12 28 1 1000027 Fadc nursery

projectNyg011

- - - - - 7 14 1 400028 Kasuku matangi

shgNyg012

- - - 9 18 1 700029 Green land Nyg01

3 - - 10 15 1 2000

30 AIPCA muungano Nyg014

- - - 9 22 1 1100031 Tawala women

groupNyg015

- - - - - 7 17 1 500032 Kwihika tree

nurseryNyg016

- - - - - 7 13 1 50033 Makenzi Nyg01

7 - - - - - - 5 32 1 6000

Total 293

744

45 297300

Note 1: Training sessions follow the training and activity curriculum as per annex2, whereby B means block and M means module.

Note 2: There are more nurseries than groups, because some groups have more thanone nursery.

Note 3: An X means that groups have acquired knowledge offered in specific trainingsessions. Most training sessions are done by our programme, while some existinggroups have already gained certain knowledge without the programme training them.

Table 2: Group collaborators (waiting list)

Focus Area Group Name No. ofMembers

No. ofseedlings

Ndaragwa/Karemeno

Kianjo 22 2500Muririchwa 18 2000Munyu 22 1800Ndecovo 18 5000Mwamua - 8000

Ng’arua (2)Sipili in actionAgroforestry

35 10,000

Kianbogo 26 15,000Ndugalo 22 8,000

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NyahururuMarmanet forumgroups (7)

- -

Kuga na gwika - -Lanyenda treenursery

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Jitahidi treenursery

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Mishinda nurseries -Ol Bolossat causewaygroup

- -

Uiguano s.h.g - -Silibwet group - -St. Martin paws - -Gatumbiko s.h.g - -

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Annex 5: School work:- Name, code, training provided (see also annex2), No. of training sessions (NT), No. of group members (NM),No. of nurseries (NN), No. of seedlings (NS).

Table 1: Schools within the programme.

No Sch. name Code TRAINING ACTIVITES NT NM NN NSB1 B2 B3 B4

M1 M2 M3 M1 M2 M3 M1 M2 M3 M1 M2 M31 Njorua

pry.Ng001 12 70 1 3000

2 Sipili pry.

Ng002 12 55 1 5000

3 Donyu pry. Ng003 - - - - 8 40 1 40004 Kinamba

polyNg004 - - - - - 7 17 1 4000

5 Lariak D. sec

Ng005 - - - 9 35 1 2000

6 Machungurupry.

Ng006 - - - 9 67 1 5000

7 Nyakiambi pry

Ng007 - 11 65 1 5000

8 Chereta pry

Ng008 - - - - - - - 5 71 1 8000

9 Gituamba pry.

Ng009 - - - - - - - 5 55 1 2000

10 Karandi sec.

Ng010 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 41 1 2000

11 Wang’ata pry.

Nda001

12 42 1 2500

12 Wangui pry.

Nda002

- - 10 60 1 2500

13 Uruku [pry.

Nda003

- - - 9 60 1 3500

14 Raya pry Nda004

- - 10 56 1 2500

15 Ngobit sec Nda005

- - - - - - 6 63 1 1000

16 Nyonjoro pry.

Nda006

- - - 8 44 1 2600

17 Ndaragwa baldo pry.

Nda007

- - - - - - - 5 39 1 1000

18 Kanyagia pry.

Nda008

- - - 9 39 1 4000

19 Mairo 10 pry.

Nda009

- - - - 8 23 1 2000

20 Muti umwe pry

Nda010

- - - - - 7 23 1 4500

21 Kahuho sec Nda011

- - -- 9 24 1 2500

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22 Kiandongoro pry

Nda013

- - - - - - - - - 3 64 1 1000

23 Starehe pry

Nys001

- - - 9 35 1 6000

24 Kwanjora pry.

Nys002

- 11 24 1 3000

25 Thiru pry Nys003

- - - - - - - 5 54 1 1500

26 Shemanei pry

Nys004

- - - - 8 40 1 4000

27 Mt. Angelspry

Nys005

- - - - 8 28 1 2500

28 Maina pry Nys006

- - - - - - 7 80 1 3500

29 Thiru sec Nys007

- - - - 8 20 1 500

30 Ndururi sec

Nys008

- - - - 8 17 1 1500

31 Muhotetu girls

Nys009

- - 10 26 1 6000

32 Rwathia pry

Nys010

- - - 9 41 1 3000

33 Kwanjiku pry

Nys011

- 11 22 1 5000

34 Losogwa pry

Nys012

- - - - - 7 63 1 1500

35 Lesirko pry

Nys013

- - - - 8 45 1 4000

36 Gatero pry.

Nys014

- - 10 50 1 25000

37 Gatero girls

Nys015

- - 10 25 1 500

Total 304

1623

39 137100

*There are four schools which started activities, but which have not started a treenursery yet. Training sessions follow the training and activity curriculum as per annex 3,whereby B means block and M means module.

Table 2: School collaborators (waiting list)

Focus Area School Name No. of No. of

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Members seedlingsNdaragwa/Karemeno

Subego pry. 50 2000Muririchwa pry. 30 1000Ruai pry. 45 2500Kaheho sec. 30 1500

Ng’aruaKio pry. 30 3000Sipili pry. 25 1500Naibrom pry. 20 1000

NyahururuOljabet pry. - -Kinguka pry. - -Mungetho pry 40 500Laikipia HighSchool

- -

Murichu pry. - -Mutamaiyu pry. - -Kibathi pry. 30 1500Equator pry. 32 2000

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Annex 6: Awareness in parishes and other places.

Focus Area No. of treesPlanted

No. ofParticipants

NyahururuNyahururu trees day

300 500

Nyahururu tree’s week 2002

3000 300

Ol Joro Orok tree’s day

300 150

World environment day

200 450

Ol Jabet tree’s day

50 25

Trees day marmanet 2100 -Nyahururu tree planting week 2003 5000 -Karemeno/NdaragwaKaremeno tree’s day

100 200

Karemeno: Sirima trees day

300 200

Karemeno:World environment day 2002

100 200

Ndaragwa 2003* 1950 1000Ng’aruaWorld environment day (Wed) 2002, Ndaragwiti

60 18

Wed-Sipili Naibrom 120 25Wed-Ndururumo 300 117Wed: Bondeni Pry 50 300Sipili 280 120Ol Moran 175 118TOTAL 14,385 3,723

* This is a summary of four events.

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Annex 7: Locations and number of square meters of murals.

Mural location Number of squaremeters painted

1. Maina Public Toilet – Maina Village 202. Nyahururu: Public Toilet near ClockTower

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3. Nyahururu: Public Toilet near busstage

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4. Nyahururu: Watertank on Toilet in busstage

4

5. Nyahururu: Non Formal school, SaintMartin

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6. Nyahururu: Primary school: no 1 307. Nyahururu: Primary school: no 2 208. Nyahururu: Primary school, gate: no 3 209. Nyahururu: High School (Boys) 3010. Nyahururu: Abardare Petrol Station 5011. Nyahururu: Good Hope Private Hospital 1512. Nyahururu: Shop Koyo Spares 5013. Maina Nursery school – Maina Village 2514. Nyahururu: Market in front ofExaltation Christ

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15. Nyahururu: BP Petrol Station 3016. Nyahururu: Good Shepherd Hotel n. 1 2017. Nyahururu: Good Shepherd Hotel n. 2 2018. Nairutia: Water tank 3019. Kinamba: Kinamba Catholic Parish, no.1

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20. Kinamba: Kinamba Catholic Parish, no.2

10

21. Ma Nguo Village: village wall 6022. Mailo Inya village: Villane PetrolStation

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23. Nyahururu: Nyahururu Catholic Parish n.1

15

24. Nyahururu: Nyahururu Catholic Parish n.2

15

25. Nyahururu: Toilet in Open Market 3026. Nyahururu: Toilet in Market 2027. Nyahururu: Shops in front of OpenMarket

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28. Shamata: Kaheho Primary School 4029. Nyahururu: Small Shop near ThompsonFalls no. 1

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30. Nyahururu: Small Shop near ThompsonFalls no. 2.

10

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31. Nyahururu: Small Shop near ThompsonFalls no. 3

10

32. Nyahururu: Biggest Shop near ThompsonFalls no. 1

20


20


10


10

36. Ol-Jororok: Public works building no.1 2537. Ol-Jororok: Public works building no.2 2538. Nyahururu: Texas Pub near NyahururuCath. Church

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39. Shamata: Kaheho Secondary School 3040. Elite Secondary School. 2741. Wiyumiririe: Small House Hardware 4842. Kwa Kung’u 3043. Nyahururu: 91.Municipilaty Primary school

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44. Wiyumiririe: Mwanjo Academy 3645. Mairo –Inya: Kwa Maziwa 3546. Nyakiambi Primary school 3247. Nyahururu: Police Headquarters 6248. Nyahururu: Site Phase II, Site bar 36

TOTAL 1325

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Annex 8: Financial report

Table 1: Fundraising Tree is Life Project Name Throug

hFontana

Response USDollar

Euro ItalianLire

KenyanShilling

Province Autonome Trentino

Yes 100,915,556

3,797,240.00

Friend of Christian Penso

Yes Sent letter21-04-2001

10,000,000

376,223.00

DamianoPipinato


10,000

728,469.00

BernardoComini


600

50,540.00

Amici di Trento c/o Martinelli

No Sent letter18-04-2001

3,000,000

100,000.00

Cuore Amico Yes Sent letterand photoabout the

work

5,000

328,186.00

Diocesan Missionary Center of Trento

No Sent aletter

25-05-2002

2,280

165,880.90

Elena Pipinato No Sent letter 21-08-2002

1,000

74,969.00

Caritas Antonia

No Received 15-01-03

5,000

383,271.25



100,000.00

Damiano Pipinato


60,000.00



20,000.00

Damiano Pipinato


2,100

144,879.00

Damiano No Received 12- 1,30 97,

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Pipinato 05-03 0 500.00 Damiano Pipinato


100,000.00

Fabio Pipinato No Received 26-07-03

145,573.00

Total 6,672,731.15

Notes1. The budget is 6,328,734 Kenyan Shillings and the amount received was

6,672,731.15, which is 105% of the budget.2. A second donation of Caritas Antoniana was received on 15-01-2004 amounting

up to Kshs. 460,782.60, but it falls formally outside the project perioddescribed above.

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Table 2: Received in Kenya for Tree is Life proposal

Datereceived

Organization / Person Amount inKenyan

Shillings

Amount inother

currency10-04-2002 Fontana Foundation

(D)1,700,268.00

09-07-2002 Diocesan Missionari Center of Trento (D)

165.880.90 US $ 2,280

12-07-2002 Amici di Trento c/o Martinelli

100,000.00

09-08-2002 Elena Pipiato 74,969.00

US $ 1,000

24-09-2002 Fontana Foundation (D)

3,098,419.30

15-01-2003 Caritas Antonia (D) 383, 271.25 Euro 5,00024-02-2003 Amici di Trento c/o

Martinelli 100,000.00

10-04-2003 Damiano Pipinato 60,000.00

15-04-2003 Amici di Trento c/o Martinelli

20,000.00

08-05-2003 Damiano Pipinato 144,879.00 US $ 210012-05-2003 Damiano Pipinato 97500.0

0Euro 1300

22-07-2003 Damiano Pipinato 100,000.0026-07-2003 Fabio Pipinato 145,573.00

Total 6,190,760.45

Notes:1. Donors are organizations marked with an (D), while well-wishers have donated

on individual title.

Table 3: Income Perspective

Income Total in Kenyan shillingsDonor Agency 5,347,839.45Well wishers 842,921.00Local contribution 296,961.50Interest 65,555.10Total 6,553,277.05

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Note:1. The local contribution is in cash, which the office officially received. The

one in kind is not estimated.

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Table 4: Expenditures in Kenya for Tree is Life Per Vote Head againstThe Budget

Category Expenditures Budget % of BudgetE –1 Personnel1.1 Director 150,000.0

0180,000.00 83

1.2 Project officers 996,660.00

360,000.00 277

1.3 Press officer 134,800.00

36,000.00 374

Total E-1 Personnel 1,281,460.00 576,000.00 222

E-2 Vehicle2.1 Motorcycles 440,770.0

0 400,000.00 110

2.2 Car 754,300.00

1,000,000.00 75

2.3 Fuel and Maintenance-Motorcycles

373,073.00

225,767.00 165

2.4 Fuel and Maintenance- Car 329,871.00

451,534.00 73

Total E-2 Vehicle 1,898,014.00 2,077,302.00 91

E-3 Office3.1 Furniture 42,047.0

0 36,000.0

0117

3.2 Telephone, Fax, Internet, E-mail

147,125.40 120,000.00 123

3.3 Rent, Water, Electricity 95,558.65

60,000.00

159

3.4 Computer, Printer 167,535.00

112,883.00 148

3.5 Writing Materials 46,424.50

10,000.00

464

Total E-3 Office 498,690.55

338,883.00 147

E-4 Nurseries 761,432.75

776,279.00 98

E-5 Training5.1 Didactic Materials and books 231,246.7

0 120,000.00 193

5.2 Training other NGOs 244,327.50

112,833.00 217

Total E-5 Training 475,574.20

232,833.00 204

E-6 Broadcasting6.1 Print Materials 618,466.52 300,000.00 206

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6.2 Website - 100,000.00 06.3 Purchase of Media Spaces 206,917.7

0 376,279.00 55

Total E-6 Broadcasting 825,384.22

776,279.00 106

E-7Exchange between Italy and Kenya7.1 Tickets for aeroplane - 451,534.00 07.2 Food and lodging 207,595.0

0 298,465.00 70

7.3 Trainer for Italian schools - 225,767.00 0Total E-7 Exchange 207,595.0

0 975,766.00 21

GRAND TOTAL 5,948,150.72 5,753,395.00 103Balance b/d 605,126.3

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Notes:1. The total budget is 6,328,734 Kenyan Shillings. Of this 5,627,967.50 is the

budget for Kenya while the remaining 700,76700 is the budget for the website (6.2 for 100%) and Italian schools (7.1 and 7.2 for 50% and 7.3 for 100%). The Kenya budget was exceeded with 6%, because the project lasted longer than1 year as per proposal.

2. Personnel exceeded the budget, because the project was extended and many activities needed extra labour input, because of the new developments in the project.

3. The costs for the car are lower than budgeted, because the project bought a very economical second hand car.

4. Office has exceeded the budget because the project was extended.5. Training takes some more money because the project is basically a training

project.6. In broadcasting some money was shifted from 6.3 to 6.1 as agreed earlier with

PAT. Media spaces appeared to be expensive and less effective than print materials, which include murals. Furthermore the project worked with a journalist who was able to get articles through without buying media space.

7. The school program has put money for the tree party under vote head 7.2. Kenyan students did not go to Italy, because it appeared not possible to organize it within a reasonable time.

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