Actions for Community Transformation with Nature Observation and Wellbeing in Kenya.
Working with pastoral communities across the Mukogodo Ecosystem to respond to climate loss and damages, ecosystem degradation and limited opportunities to sustainable livelihoods since March, 2022.
3+
Years of Impact
Sustainable people-nature coexistence
ACTNOW KENYA envisions a people-and-nature approach, recognizing that healthy ecosystems and resilient communities depend on each other. We work with these communities to address environmental challenges while creating practical opportunities that improve food security and livelihoods.
Our Mission
To work with communities, young people and women to restore and conserve ecosystems, strengthen sustainable food systems, and build resilient livelihoods through local resources, Indigenous ecological knowledge and community-led action.
Our Vision
Sustainable communities and thriving ecosystems across the Mukogodo Ecosystem, Northern Kenya.
Our landscape is changing. Can people and biodiversity adapt?
Climate & Loss and Damage
Climate change is reshaping water, livelihoods, ecosystems and everyday life. Without urgent intervention, the Mukogodo Ecosystem will continue to face sustainability challenges, social discrimination, ecosystem degradation and climate injustices.
Pastoral Life & Mobility
Grazing remain central to life across Mukogodo. However, livestock mobility is far more frequent today than a decade ago as pastoralist move in search of pasture and water. This is hugely influencing pastoralists way of life and making a living.
Land & Ecosystem Restoration
The Mukogodo Forest looses approximately 383 ha of forest cover annually. This pressure is affecting the productivity of rangelands, forests and water systems every year. Today, the Mukogodo Ecosystem has restoration potential of 311,000+ ha showing the urgency and opportunities for restoration and conservation.
The answer is not to abandon these ways of life. It is to strengthen the people, ecosystems and livelihoods that sustain them.
We are building what comes next…
NKISHON PROGRAM
Agroecology · Schools · Nutrition
Helping young people grow food, learn about climate and build healthier communities.
MUKOGODO ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION NETWORK
Restoration · Youth · Governance
Connecting young people and communities to restore rangelands, forests and water systems.
RESILIA Initiative
Livelihoods · Enterprise · Inclusion
Strengthening economic opportunities for women and youth through skills, enterprise and value addition.
From the Field
Stories of people, the landscape and resilience from the Mukogodo ecosystem.
Ready to help us transform the lives of pastoral and indigenous communities?
Join thousands of change enthusiasts trusting our mission and helping us deliver innovative school gardens, ecosystem restoration and sustainable livelihoods for pastoral communities across the Mukogodo Ecosystem.
Resilient livelihoods. Restored rangelands. A stronger Mukogodo.