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KENYA / TREES
STORY: KENYA / TREES
TRT: 2.48
SOURCE: IFAD
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / SWAHILI / NATS
DATELINE: JUNE 2012, EAST MOUNT, KENYA
1. Wide shot, Morris Kaboro in school uniform and his grandfather pruning trees
2. Med shot, Morris explaining pruning to his grandfather
3. Med shot, Morris pruning tree
4. Med shot, Morris and grandfather cutting tree
5. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Morris Kaboro, Student:
“I’ve told my grandfather that planting of trees is important. It helps by giving shade but it also gives shade to our crops so when it rains the trees will conserve moisture.”
7. Wide shot, children collecting seedlings
8. Wide shot, forest guard instructing children
9. SOUNDUP (English) Forest guard:
“Today, we are going to do a tree planting.”
10. Close up, child planting tree
11. Wide shot, children planting trees
12. Wide shot, tilt up waterfall to mist over Mt. Kenya
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Faith Livingstone, Mount Kenya East Pilot Project for Natural Resources Management:
“In Kenya we have the 5 water towers and Mt. Kenya is one of the most significant in this country and the government is very keen in conserving this water tower for the growth of the economy, for employment creation and food security. “
14. Wide shot, Mt Kenya eastern slope with fields
15. Med shot, fields
16. Close up, farmers in field
20. Wide shot, tilt up from houses to Mt. Kenya
21. Wide shot, tilt down trees to logs
22. Wide shot, tilt up man hoeing
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Faith Livingstone, Mount Kenya East Pilot Project for Natural Resources Management:
“Soil fertility is very, very important and when there is soil erosion, continuous soil erosion, it depletes the soil, it becomes less fertile, less productive and when it’s less productive the farmers, the food security is threatened and the farmer becomes poorer. And the poorer they are the more they will cut the trees. It becomes a vicious cycle. “
24. Med shot, farmer
25. Med shot, abandoned house
26. Med shot, deforested land
27. Med shot, man carrying firewood
28. Close up, Faith Livingstone on camera
29. Wide shot, pan left seedlings
30. Wide shot, children preparing seedlings
31. Wide shot, tilt up children preparing seedlings
32. Med shot, Morris walking home
33. Med shot, Morris sitting with grandparents
34. Close up, Morris talking to grandparents
35. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Adriano Nyaga Ciringl, Morris’ Grandfather:
“Kaboro has taught me how to plant trees and how to plant them in the right places and also pruning and cleaning.”
36. Wide shot, Morris and grandfather carrying wood
37. Med shot, grandmother placing pot on fire
38. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Adriano Nyaga Ciringl, Morris’ Grandfather:
“Within this short time that we’ve been planting trees it seems there is more water. As more people take part we are seeing some changes in the streams which were drying up very fast. This time the water flows for a longer time than before.”
39. Med shot, man planting tree next to stream
40. Med shot, tilt down stream
41. Med shot, tilt up woman in nursery
42. Med shot, people working in nursery
43. Wide shot, people working in nursery
44. Various shots, school children singing and dancing
It may not look like it, but 12-year-old Morris Kaboro is improving Kenya’s water supply. He is teaching his grandfather the importance of trees.
SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Morris Kaboro, student:
“I’ve told my grandfather that planting of trees is important. It helps by giving shade but it also gives shade to our crops so when it rains the trees will conserve moisture.”
What Kaboro knows about trees and water, he learned at school from his teachers and from his “hands on experience.”
Students at Kambaru Primary School have planted more than 4,000 trees. Their efforts are part of a larger greening program that has already rehabilitated 2,600 hectares of forest and increased water flow from one of the country’s most important water sources, Mount Kenya.
Faith Livingstone is manager of the Mount Kenya East Pilot Project for Natural resources Management.
SOUNDBITE (English) Faith Livingstone, Mount Kenya East Pilot Project for Natural Resources Management:
“In Kenya we have the 5 water towers and Mt. Kenya is one of the most significant in this country and the government is very keen in conserving this water tower for the growth of the economy, for employment creation and food security. “
An hour from Kambaru Primary School is the Mt. Kenya forest reserve. Here it becomes obvious why this mountain is referred to as a water tower. As fog blows over the forest, trees absorb moisture and then later release it back into the air, contributing to the rain cycle and ensuring the flow of clean water further downstream.
Yet for the past four decades, excessive logging has reduced forest cover by 5,000 hectares, slowing water flow, eroding soil and increasing poverty, particularly for the 80 per cent of the population here that relies on farming.
SOUNDBITE (English) Faith Livingstone, Mount Kenya East Pilot Project for Natural Resources Management:
“Soil fertility is very, very important and when there is soil erosion, continuous soil erosion, it depletes the soil, it becomes less fertile, less productive and when it’s less productive the farmers, the food security is threatened and the farmer becomes poorer. And the poorer they are the more they will cut the trees. It becomes a vicious cycle. “
Putting a stop to the cycle has required a multi-pronged approach including encouraging a broader cultural change that project organizers say begins with children like Kaboro.
As part of the school greening programme Kaboro is encouraged to share what he’s learned with family at home, in his case, his grandparents.
SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Adriano Nyaga Ciringl, Morris’ Grandfather:
“Kaboro has taught me how to plant trees and how to plant them in the right places and also pruning and cleaning.”
Adriano used to fell trees for firewood but now, thanks to Kaboro’s influence, he selectively prunes his trees and the family uses the cuttings for cooking and heating. His efforts seem to be paying off.
SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Adriano Nyaga Ciringl, Morris’ Grandfather:
“Within this short time that we’ve been planting trees it seems there is more water. As more people take part we are seeing some changes in the streams which were drying up very fast. This time the water flows for a longer time than before.”
With support from the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), it is estimated that since 2005 more than seven million seedlings have been planted in water catchments along the eastern slopes of Mount Kenya.
And thanks to the efforts of students like Kaboro, the Kenyan government has announced plans for a national school greening program encouraging children across the country to plant trees.
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