Humming Bird Awards 2022

Narration

Iam a Kenyan journalist from indigenous community living in Mau forest, Kenya. Having the journalism skills have worked in community radio station based at Mau forest area, which I was running five programs a week from January 2019 upto November 2020 under which I pulled back for a school continuation but due to school fees challenge I had become a freelancer Journalist. Having been in radio station for two years, I was able to advocate for environmental rights, which includes taking care of rivers and water towers. Planting of trees was part of my agenda on air and physically through frequent visits to the community. I was able as well to find a tree nursery volunteered by community members and we were able to plant more than 25,000 trees between the said period. Upto now, the trees we planted was able to retain the naturality of the forest it was already destroyed. Through social media, I was able to lobby youth to campaign against throwing of plastics and washing of clothes near rivers . Currently have been going on with frelelancing reporting which some mainstream media covered including planting of indigenous trees and fencing of the forest among others at the Mau forest in Nakuru county, Kenya. Recently I with other developed organizations we planted more than 2,000 trees, most recently at Mau forest, Kenya's high water tower and was attended by more than 250 youth and Community Forest association members who I lobbied through my WhatsApp forum, that is example of the work have been doing since early 2019. The inclusiveness of other media outlets was a boost because it has been actually featured in the mainstream media outlet in Kenya like Citizen tv, this totally matches with the theme "Environmental Crime" And it will really help me in continuing advocy of getting back Mau forest the same way it was many years before. It is a crime to sit down and see negative environmental activities like throwing of plastic papers into the river, cutting down of tree and building at the water tower. https://youtu.be/Bl-d9SXA4RI OGIEK community is indigenous community living in the Mau forest, they are minority group as well. The cutting down of trees by culprits, farming at the water banks and building of structures near water towers has directly affected Ogiek community who lived at the forest since time immemorial, eating honey which is their staple food and getting clean water. Cutting down of trees means that bee cannot get flowers to make honey, rainfall will not be sufficient. People are starving because of the same, cattle are getting less and children cannot get school fees which was sourced from selling of the cattle. I have been preaching against negative climatic change activities and advocating for environmental Justice; everyone is a witness of that. Planting of trees, cleaning of rivers and visiting locals with trees to plant. Through my large following, i was able to counter-check the cuting down of cedar trees to be used as fencing posts (for it's durability) and with the help of local security personnel thieves have been arrested and charged, that is some of the environmental justice have been advocating for. I will be implementing an initiative called 'Green War' initiative which it's objective will be to see a better Mau forest in the near future, or by the end of the year 2025. Some of the links of my work; https://www.facebook.com/groups/312977383122288/permalink/560355778384446/?app=fbl https://www.facebook.com/100002740698844/posts/3934082966693021/?app=fbl https://www.facebook.com/100002740698844/posts/3934082966693021/?app=fbl https://mobile.twitter.com/SirWarrenDavid

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