Eburru Rafiki would like to extend a heartfelt thanks for the support we have
received from Prints for Conservation this year, which will help enable many of our
projects to maintain their momentum during difficult times. We are extremely
grateful for your donation.
Your donation will provide vital support in a range of conservation projects in Eburru
Forest, including de-snaring and forest security patrols to conserve the wildlife, track
and trail maintenance so that visitors can enjoy hiking, and our indigenous tree
planting programme.
The Eburru Rafiki indigenous tree planting programme is taking place in areas called
‘enrichment zones’ – sections inside the forest reserve where in the 1990s, this vital
water catchment and forest experienced destructive tree cutting by farmers to grow
potatoes and other crops. These areas are needing special attention to bring them
back to indigenous canopy.
The exceptional rains for the past 18 months have been a great advantage but also
an added challenge as invasive species led by especially severe stinging nettles, have
made the task doubly hard. I am glad to say that our community teams have done a
great job in husbanding them and will continue to do so under our three year
supervision policy.
We thank Prints for Conservation once again in helping us to revert the forest to its
original pristine state.
Yours sincerely,
Colin Church OBE
Chairman