The Green Generation Initiative (GGI) has officially handed over a fully functional
Permaculture Learning and Feeding Garden to Treeside Special School in Kasarani
Nairobi County.
This groundbreaking project integrates vertical hydroponic gardens, a food forest, and a chicken coop, aiming to address food security, nutrition, and climate education for children with special needs.
The project is a brainchild of globally recognized environmentalist and young climate leader; Elizabeth Wathuti, O.G.W. GGI is an action-driven organization working with children, young
people, and local communities to protect, restore, and conserve the environment.
The model project demonstrates how environmental solutions can simultaneously serve
social and developmental needs in underserved school communities.The chicken farm is now providing over 6,000 eggs every month; ensuring a reliable protein supplement for the school’s feeding program. The vertical hydroponic garden, which saves up to 80% of water, is already
producing harvests, and at peak, will yield up to 20 kilograms of a wide variety of nutritious
vegetables per day.
This project teaches children climatesmart agriculture and what climate action looks like as the project will also be a learning center for others and a Center of excellence where surrounding communities can also learn from. And we aim to replicate this in 100 more schools across Kenya,” said Elizabeth
Wathuti,O.GW, Founderr GGI
The initiative also supports school income generation, with surplus eggs being sold to
support operational needs. The program is designed to be both sustainable and
replicable offering a model for other institutions seeking integrated solutions to food
and climate challenges.
