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Chairperson: John Wanjau Njoroge
John is also heading the well-known Kenya Institute of Organic Farming (KIOF), based in Juja. John wants to help PLUS-Kenya to grow, promoting innovations that are also relevant to organic farmers, and vice versa: organic farming innovations that merit to go mainstream. In particular, John is interested in innovations that reduce runoff and soil loss."...".
Treasurer: Elise Pinners
Director of The Vetiver Network International, Agronomist (MSc) with +20 years experience in Natural Resource Management. Specialized in soil, land & water resource management. Also worked on other areas rural development and M&E, strategic organizational / institutional development.
Secretary: Jane Wegesa Fraser
WEGESA is Kenyan, promoting, designing, training and implementing projects in Soil stabilization, erosion/sediment control, gully and catchment rehabilitation in East Africa. WEGESA is a certified vetiver grass supplier and trainer by TVNI for Nursery Propagation/Supply and Soil and Water Conservation, Moisture Retention and Erosion Control. WEGESA works with communities in East Africa training them them adopt green initiatives that enhance sustainable land and water management for resilience and self-sufficiency. Wegesa is based in Kitale, and has Vetiver nurseries in different parts of Western Kenya. Wegesa is also a permaculture designer and practitioner, and an expert in degraded land restoration.
MOTTO: “feet on the ground restoring degraded lands/ecosystems!”
Board member: Caleb Jaraten Godondi Omolo
Caleb is an innovative farmer, and a professional mobiliser of his community near Rongo (Kamagambo division). Caleb's innovations are about water harvesting, fish farming, riverbank protection, dairy breeding (zebu with sahiwal cattle; goats), etc. He also holds one of the largest Vetiver nurseries, and is a reliable supplier and trainer for on-farm use of Vetiver.
Board member: Patrick Mukora
Patrick is an innovative farmer, Patrick farms in Kiserian, Njeri, Nanyuki and and the outskirts of Nairobi. He works with communities there to make farming more sustainable. He also supervised the Nairobi bypass demonstration vetiver slope stabilization project with Jane. It was a great success!
Special expert members - apart from experts in the board - include owners of TVNI certificates for nursery establishment, supply and training for on-farm use of Vetiver System:
Paul Mwadime Kombo in Voi, owner of 'the mother of all vetiver nurseries'
Christian Makokha in Bunyala, also a reliable supplier
And other experts:
Samuel Teimuge from Empowering Lives International (ELI, PLUS-Kenya's partner in Kerio Valley) and also a reliable supplier and expert on use of Vetiver on-farm and for gully rehab. together with other farmers he established Konyasoi vetiver group in Kerio valley using vetiver on their farms.
Shuah Ajayo, rural development expert.
There are numerous other active members that hold PLUS-Kenya's future: we find them in Lodwar, Sigor, Kitale, Machakos, Siaya, and beyond: as far as a knowledge network can reach.
And we are proud of member organisations that are our partners: ELI (Kerio Valley), PAFID (all across Kenya), Glory Outreach Ministries (Lodwar), etc.
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