Mau Forest Rescue
The Ogiek people have stewarded Kenya's montane rainforest for generations. Today, less than 10% of the Mau forest complex remains—and it's disappearing fast.
This isn't just an environmental crisis. It's an existential threat to Ogiek communities and their way of life. Mau Forest is known as Kenya's “water tower”, absorbing rainfall that prevents catastrophic flooding downstream. Deforestation is already devastating millions of people with uncontrollable floods.
Set up by GWW/Pro-Home, the Mau Tree Rescue Hub is fighting back through indigenous-led conservation. Our immediate priority: plant 750 dombeya trees—native species that thrive in the rainforest and support essential pollinators—using saplings currently in our nursery that must go into the ground before the rains pass.
But we're also protecting something deeper. We're establishing a seed bank for olive (yemdit) and African cedar (tarakwet)—sacred trees central to Tororet, the Ogiek's ancient spiritual practice. This belief system, nearly lost to acculturation and land destruction, could be revived alongside the forest itself.
Your support restores the forest, protects a community, and preserves an endangered spiritual heritage.
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