ACTNOW KENYA

Sustainable Communities, thriving environment

We aim to foster harmony between people and nature, empower underserved groups through just policies and climate adaptation, and harness ancestral knowledge for sustainable solutions to environmental injustices.

Our Mission

Our Vision

A world where coexistence thrives, and underserved communities lead sustainable development and climate action.

The Harsh Reality of Climate Change in Kenya: Key Statistics

• More than 80% of the Kenya’s landmass is arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) with poor infrastructure, and other developmental challenges.

• The annual forest cover loss within Mukogodo is estimated to be 383 ha.

• Over 44,000 species are threatened with extinction.

• An estimated 45.8 per 100,000 deaths in Africa attributed to WASH diseases.

• 2.6m livestock deaths reported due to prolonged drought in Kenya between 2020 and 2023.

See how we are making impact in the communities we serve

Since 2022...

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Clean water advocacy campaign in Laikipia County that resulted in annual cleans up along Nanyuki River.

Trees planted across the Mukogodo Ecosystem.

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Kids receiving training on Sustainable Development Goals majorly on Climate Action and Environmental Conservation in Mukogodo West Ward - Laikipia North.

Our Programs

For the past three years, ACTNOW KENYA has implemented participatory programs in northern Kenya around its strategic areas; climate action, environmental conservation, food security and access to clean water. Dive into our programs section covering a range of community events, tree planting and food security. These programs are segments of ACTNOW KENYA SUSTAINABILITY MAP 2026-2030.

The Community Summit

Inclusive development happens through community dialogue, youth leadership and women empowerment. The Community Summit is a long-term initiative designed to empower young people, particularly from marginalized communities in Northern Kenya, to become drivers of change in their local environments through dialogues, capacity building and climate leadership.

Nkishon Project - Building Resilience in Times of Climatic Hardships

With generous support from Global Youth Mobilization - GYM, this project seeks to supplement school feeding program by investing in school vegetable gardens and nutrition education in Laikipia North Constituency

A school based project delivering interactive sessions, nature walks, and knowledge on sustainable development goals (UN SDGs) for kid in the Mukogodo Ecosystem. Our mission is to develop a sustainability conscious generation as young as 5 years of age, slowly impacting the broader community.

My SDG Kid Initiative

Community Events

We believe every community deserves the power to shape its own future through community-led solutions. Our work is about more than tree planting or cleanup campaigns. It’s about inspiring, equipping, and empowering young people from marginalized communities to lead bold, lasting climate solutions because when young people rise, so does the land they stand on. ACTNOW KENYA engages in collective efforts to deliver lasting impact and transformation to millions of people in these communities and beyond. Below are a few of community events that provides us with an opportunity to work with diverse stakeholders to empower communities, and restore degraded landscapes.

The Northern Kenya Half Marathon

The Northern Kenya Half Marathon is a community event initiated by Northern Kenya Half Marathon bringing together community members, young athletes, schools and conservation groups to raise awareness on environmental conservation, restore degraded landscapes and empower talents through sports. This annual event happens in may attracting key stakeholders including the private sector across Northern Kenya.

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young athletes racing for conservation awareness

The Mukogodo Forest Walk Wild Event

Each year, the Mukogodo Forest loses an estimated 383 hectares of tree cover—a trend that directly undermines the social, ecological, and economic fabric of the communities that depend on it. The Yaaku and other local communities now face a perfect storm of challenges: climate change, weakening traditional livelihoods, and growing land-use pressures. Encroachment and permanent settlements within the forest boundaries are on the rise, placing immense strain on the fragile ecosystem. This multi-stakeholder program is an annual event between August and November that seeks to promote environmental education, lead reforestation around the forest and empower local communities.

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community lands involved in continuous management of the Mukogodo Forest

indigenous trees planted since 2023

Sustainable solutions are locally-led

We partner with schools, community elders and smallholder farmers – particularly women farmers, school conservation clubs and small scale youth groups– to promote climate action, conservation, sustainable agriculture, water management and local indigenous knowledge. We do this through activism, community capacity development and resources mobilization.

Laikipia North at a glance

311,496ha

40.3%

of land in Laikipia is owned by 48 Large-scale white settler ranches

Restoration opportunities within the Mukogodo ecosystem

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estimated livestock deaths in Laikipia county between 2020 and 2023 affecting more than hundred thousand people

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indigenous people predominantly composed of pastoralist communities, such as the Samburu and Maasai

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Meet the generous partners

supporting our work and making change possible.

Because no matter who we are or where we come from, we’re all entitled to the basic human rights of clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and healthy land to call home.

- Martin Luther King III

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