Category: Projects and Initiatives
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Faith Communities United for Kenya’s Coastal ForestsWorkshop Blog
Read more: Faith Communities United for Kenya’s Coastal ForestsWorkshop BlogIntroduction There are moments when conservation stops being technical and becomes personal. When it is no longer about hectares restored or seedlings planted, but about identity, dignity and responsibility. At Kenya’s Coast, restoration is increasingly becoming exactly that, a shared moral and community project grounded in faith, culture and stewardship of the land. From 23rd…
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Nakuru Workshop Strengthens Kenya’s Faith-Based Land Restoration Movement
Read more: Nakuru Workshop Strengthens Kenya’s Faith-Based Land Restoration MovementFrom 27–29 July 2025, Nakuru became a meeting point for faith leaders, cultural custodians, and community restoration champions from across Kenya. The Faith-Based Land Restoration and Conservation Workshop, convened by OikoDiplomatique, brought together a diverse network committed to healing both land and livelihoods through the moral authority of faith.
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East Tiaty: Where Faith Plants the Seeds of Peace
Read more: East Tiaty: Where Faith Plants the Seeds of PeaceIn East Tiaty’s Kokwototo and Orus communities, a landmark peace dialogue has taken root—the first of its kind since 1986. OikoDiplomatique, in collaboration with the leadership of the Africa Inland Church in Kokwototo, created a platform that brought together Pokot warriors, youth and elders to have a conversation around land, peace, environment and cultural values.
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Visit: Growing and protecting church forests in Ethiopia
Read more: Visit: Growing and protecting church forests in EthiopiaOikoDiplomatique, hosted by EOC-DICAC, visited Ethiopia’s Church Forests to explore how faith-based conservation is preserving biodiversity and sustaining local communities. With 35,000 Church Forests, could this be a model for Kenya and beyond?
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FMNR in Action: A Visit to Mr Lesokoyo’s 50-Acre Farm
Read more: FMNR in Action: A Visit to Mr Lesokoyo’s 50-Acre FarmTo enhance and ensure the success of FMNR, certain practical capacities are necessary. OikoDiplomatique therefore followed the FMNR training at IHTS with practical and technical support including a learning visit to a fully sustainable farm where FMNR, innovation and creativity are successfully employed with benefits for the household and surrounding community while increasing resilience to…
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Report: Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration in Isiolo
Read more: Report: Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration in IsioloOikoDiplomatique travelled to Isiolo County to facilitate a training on Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration. The event brought together the Holy Trinity Sisters with experts from World Vision–it was more than a workshop, it was a meaningful meeting of minds where faith and science came together to imagine new possibilities for restoring both land and community.
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Kakamega Forest: a Sanctuary for People and Nature
Read more: Kakamega Forest: a Sanctuary for People and NatureKakamega Forest, Kenya’s last remaining tropical rainforest, is a vital ecosystem under threat. OikoDiplomatique recently explored this biodiversity hotspot to assess restoration opportunities. Our visit highlighted the power of faith-driven conservation, community engagement, and sustainable restoration led by groups like Tembelea Kanisa Intiative.
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REPORT: Strengthening the faith-based land restoration working group
Read more: REPORT: Strengthening the faith-based land restoration working groupVenue: World Agroforestry Centre (CIFOR-ICRAF), NairobiDate: April 25th 2023Report by Dr Alan Channer and Nkatha Kobia Introduction Faith communities are some of the oldest human organizations in existence and together make up the biggest element of civil society today. The faiths of the world have a profound influence on values and ethics. Therefore, if…
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Empowered World View Training Elgeyo Marakwet
Read more: Empowered World View Training Elgeyo MarakwetOikoDiplomatique in cooperation with World Vision’s Empowered World View ProgramTraining in Elgeyo Marakwet Venue: Cheptebo Conference CenterTraining dates: 27th – 30th June, 2022 By Nkatha Kobia In June 2022 OikoDiplomatique teamed up with a program of World Vision called Empowered World View (EWV) to bring together and train faith and community leaders as well as…
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Faith-based land restoration in Kenya: forging partnerships, developing a strategy
Read more: Faith-based land restoration in Kenya: forging partnerships, developing a strategy“Faith-based land restoration in Kenya: forging partnerships, developing a strategy” workshop was followed by a field visit in Elgeyo Marakwet County (11th-13th April 2022) hosted by Major John Seii, Chair of the Kenya National Council of Elders and the County Government of Elgeyo Marakwet.