Yesterday we sent a team up into the hills above Diani to help an important project, The Chitanze Medicinal Woodland Community Group. Who’d called for our help.

(One of the waterfalls in Kaya Chitanze)

Kaya Chitanze, is a breathtakingly beautiful forest situated on an escarpment overlooking Malaganji Elephant Sanctuary. It is home not only to Colobus, Elephants, Leopards & Baboons but also to some of Kenya’s most beautiful birds. We were even lucky enough to see a pair of African Crowned Eagles and their fledgeling chick in their nest. This was a privilage as there are only a handful of breeding pairs in the whole of the coast.

(The Female African Crowned Eagle) (The team taking a well deserved rest)

One of the main programs the CMWCG undertake is to grow indigenous tree seedlings, which are then given out, for free, to local schools, businesses and residents to grow. As we are in the midst of a very hot dry few months. It has been very hard for them to water these plants and when their river dried up we were called in to help. We turned up with our team of seven volunteers and staff and started work straight away. The work was long and hot but eventually we had built an area where water could collect and once the pump was working we had time to sit back and enjoy the beauty all around us whilst the thirsty plants drunk themselves silly!

All in all a happy day for everyone!

Gwili

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