Thank You Everyone For Supporting The Forest Challenge 2021
The 2021 edition of the Forest Challenge lived up to the event’s billing as a test of human endurance with 30 of the 48 teams that entered the competition finding some of the nine course obstacles in the forest unassailable. The industrious nature lovers ran the gauntlet of dark tunnels, slippery descents and ascents, barrow rides and tyre crawl – all in the name of forest conservation. Exhausted Challengers arrived at the finishing line muddied and with sore, bruised bodies but content that it was all for a good cause.
The Forest Challenge 2021, held at Kereita Forest in Kiambu County on 27th November, attracted some 500 entrants representing 31 organisations that heeded the call for a concerted effort to help restore degraded areas of Kenya’s montane forests that are key sources of water for many of the country’s rivers.
The event was presided over by Dr. Benjamin Kinyili, Assistant Chief Conservator of Forests on behalf of the Chief Conservator of Forests, Mr. Julius Kamau.
Other dignitaries in attendance included David Kuria, the Kiambu County Executive Committee (CEC) member in charge of the environment; Paul Karanja, Ecosystem Conservator, Kiambu County, and Geraldine Barasa, Assistant County Commissioner. Also present were several chief executive officers from the Forest Challenge 2021 sponsor corporations.
As the participants came to grips with challenging conditions in the forest on a day that had started amid a heavy downpour in Nairobi neighbouring Kiambu, corporate representatives, led by Dr Kinyili, busied themselves with planting commemorative trees in another area of the forest. It was indeed a day dedicated to the well-being of trees and the forest!
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For More Information on the Forest Challenge Call: +254 722 202 473 or +254 734 600 632
Contact person: Gideon Bett on +254 720 369 432 or Email: gideon.bett@eawildlife.org
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