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Mazingira Bora Organization
managed by e. otieno
About us
Mazingira Bora Project was founded in 2005 to activate the neighbourhood to take care of their own environment. Very ambitious people are managing from then on to recruit new members, coordinate them for clean ups and educate the community on the importance of living in a conducive environment.
Since Huruma is a slum in Nairobi where there is a lack of government commitment to pick the collected garbage to the disposal site frequently -maybe once in two months time- the founders of Mazingira Bora Project saw that there was a huge need for organizing themselves to minimize the risk of illnesses because of the trash lying everywhere; its also dangerous for little kids which often play in it or with it.
Now Mazingira Bora has 15 members which regularly collect and dispose trash and offer once a month training workshops to the community where they learn about risks of trash and how to take care of a cleaner environment.
Our dream is also to give workshops in other slums of Nairobi so we can expand the idea of Mazingira Bora and create a healthier environment to the entire slums of Nairobi.
Being an environmental organization Mazinira Bora's big goal is to have planted 500 trees in the year of 2010 of which they achieved already 100 and are yet to plant the remaining 400 upcoming august to achieve the whole of 500.
Latest project news
September Tree Planting besides Garbage collection
Hallo every one,am doing well,just to give an update of my project,this saturday 4th Sept.2010 members of the Mazingira Bora group participated in a tree planting activity in one of Kenya's water catchment tower Karura Forest few kilometers from Nairobi City.This initiative was as a result governments effort to throw/reposes the forest grabbed land with few individual from the previuos regime,therefore members of the Mazingira Bora felt wise to go and plant trees to replace the destroyed ones.we planted over 400 trees. On our normal garbage operations we have improved on well ever since we started the program 'EDUCATE MAMA NA BABA' of 'KEEP HURUMA CLEAN' Slogan spearheaded by children of between age 8-14.Careless disposal witnessed previously is almost becoming an history in the huruma communiy,and this is through unending effort that both the Mazingira Bora, children and members of the community are giving towards the success of this initiative.Next month we'll be launching our to be yearly magazine outlining some of the archievements and challenges of the year 2010,will post one on betterplace and you will get to know what and where we are as far as the project is concerned.Please help invite friends who are willing to support.
Thank you
Contact
New Mathare
Nairobi
Kenya
