Tag: Kenya
As solar refrigerator keeps mangoes cold, farmers’ profits heat up
Solar refrigerator, biological pest control help Kenyan farmers By Leopold Obi NZIU, Kenya, Feb 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It is a hot and cloudless morning, a sign that it will be sunny right through the afternoon. Joseph Mailu moves along rows of fruiting mango trees with a long pole in his hand, harvesting the […]
Solar borehole protects Kenyan herders’ children as drought deepens
Herders’ solar borehole helps protect the lives of thousands of children and animals as a new drought hits By Isaiah Esipisu TURKANA COUNTY, Kenya, Feb 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A borehole dug by herders in a desperate attempt to survive Kenya’s last severe drought has been transformed into a lifeline for thousands of children and […]
Kenyan recycling plant seeks to turn slum’s sewage into gold with recycling plant
Kenyan recycling plant in country’s largest slum By Kagondu Njagi KIBERA, Kenya, Jan 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Abdullahi Ibrahim’s dream to set up a fruit-juice business has so far been thwarted by water scarcity in Kenya’s biggest slum, Kibera. But the 19-year-old is confident a reliable water supply – which he sees as a basic […]
Eco-huts attract tourists, and cash, to Kenyan Maasai herding communities
Tourist business gives hope to Maasai girls By Benson Rioba LAIKIPIA, Kenya, Jan 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In the late evening, Eunice Kaparo and Rosemary Nenini finish up their daily cleaning routine in the modern Maasai dwellings, or manyattas, owned by the Twala women’s group. “This is elephant dung – they destroyed trees last […]
Kenyan women step up fight for land destined for Mui Basin coal mine
For women, the discovery of coal deposits in the Mui Basin could mean eviction with no compensation By Shadrack Kavilu and Justus Wanzala KITUI, Kenya, Jan 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When the Kenyan government announced five years ago that coal deposits had been found in the Mui Basin, a land of rolling hills and […]
As eastern Kenya solar power expands the work day, incomes rise
Kenya solar power brings security, boosts incomes By Kagondu Njagi EMBU, Kenya, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Violet Karimi spends her days as she always has, attending to household chores and working on her farm. But when the sun goes down, she now has a second job, thanks to the arrival of solar lights […]
Solar powered TVs brighten homes in rural Kenya
Solar powered TVs not connected to national energy grid By Benson Rioba MACHAKOS, Kenya, Aug 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Violet Mwikali’s new television has not just brought entertainment to her home. It has ushered in peace, too. “The whining has stopped now. I was put on the spot for a while as my two children […]
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