Make Tala Green Again
Silas Tree project
Our mission is to plant trees to fight draught, climate change and make our society greener again.
Planting trees for life
How we work
Silas Orumba is dedicated to treeplanting in Tala and Machakos south of Nairobi in Kenya. Plants are bought from local nurseries and planted in schools, farms and public areas. The vision of the project is also to engage schoolchildren in planting activities. For trees to survive, they need water. Focus will therefore also be on water harvesting.
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If you are interested in participation and see the real life of Kenyan countryside, please contact us at [email protected].
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Silas Tree Project
Use agricultural and food waste!
Create and teach composting
Much organic material from agricultural harvests and from food waste can be used for creating composts.
New gutters
Water harvesting
In the rainy season much of the water just flows away. A lot of water can be collected from roofs. Matuu Estate primary school has many buildings but did not have proper gutters or no gutters at all. They have got 5 tanks from a donor, but no pipes to fill them. So we started to set new gutters that were connected to one of the tanks at the end of one building. Now we want to do the same with the other buildings. The collected water will be used for watering of trees and vegetables during the dry season.
If you would like to make the world a better place, please donate:
Donate to Silas Tree Project - planting trees in Kenya (gofundme.com)
The money goes directly for buying plants and for material and workmanship for water harvesting. No expensive management cost here! We will put up an transparent summary of donations and how the money were used.