Today, 26 January, we mark International Environmental Education Day. As we do so, we reflect on some of the accomplishments of the past year while also looking ahead to new goals for this year (2026). At KFEET, we remain firmly committed to advancing environmental education through our diverse programmes, which aim to inspire awareness, responsibility, and action among learners of all ages.
Through our Outreach Programme, generously supported by Friends of Karura Forest, we have been able to bring learners from under-resourced schools to Karura Forest to experience nature firsthand, learn about the environment, and understand the importance of conservation. In 2025 alone, we were able to host 2,611 learners from 30 schools through this programme. We look forward to hosting more learners in 2026.
In addition to our outreach efforts, we were delighted to welcome learners from private and international schools who visited the forest and the education centre to meet environmental education objectives aligned with their respective curricula. We were also especially encouraged by a noticeable increase in visits to the KFEET Centre from tertiary institutions, including universities and colleges, reflecting a growing interest in experiential and field-based environmental learning.
In 2025, the KFEET Centre received a total of 12,822 students from primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions, and interacting with each of them was a genuine joy and a rewarding experience!
Last year, we also launched the KFEET Club, an initiative aimed at encouraging schools and pupils to establish micro-forests within their own school compounds. Through this programme, learners experience the joy of planting trees, caring for them, and watching them grow, while knowing they are playing an active role in greening their environment. The initiative was launched in two pilot schools, and we look forward to expanding it to more schools in 2026. We are excited to see how the programme will grow and develop in the year ahead.
As we mark this important day, we celebrate the vital role of environmental education in shaping informed, responsible stewards of our natural world.
Happy International Environmental Education Day!
Julie Kimutai
The Karura Forest Environmental Education Trust — KFEET — was established in 2010 to promote environmental education and provide a centre for learning about forest ecosystems.
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