Jenga Future Initiative

This week, we were delighted to welcome Franklin Katisya, Program Coordinator IsraAID - Kenya, for a courtesy call.
When the devastating landslide struck in November 2025 in chesongoch, we worked together in the emergency response. Today, that partnership continues this time in the recovery and resilience-building phase.
Together, we're re-engaging the community with a focus on strengthening Local Disaster Response Committees, because lasting resilience starts with empowered local leaders.

The work ahead is just as important as the work behind us.

County Government of Elgeyo Marakwet

In our community engagement, we don't come to communities with answers. We come with a process that helps communities find their own.
Through the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) by the The Right Question Institute, we've watched something remarkable happen. People who were once passive recipients of information become confident, curious, and vocal participants in decisions that affect their lives.
From climate education sessions to post disaster analysis, QFT has helped us go deeper. Communities don't just receive information, they interrogate it, question it, and own it.
That's the kind of engagement that lasts.

The path is ready.

The forest is waiting.

Yesterday, we went to get a glimpse of what Saturday will feel like not just a walk, but a deeper connection with nature and with each other.
As we begin to grow the Movement, we are currently focusing on building a strong community of forest whisperers within Elgeyo Marakwet and nearby counties. This allows us to root the movement deeply in place, relationships, and shared experience.
If you are within this region and feel called to reconnect with nature you are warmly invited to join us.

When did you last walk into a forest with nowhere to be?

Forest Whisperers Movement together with Elgeyo Forest CFA is hosting a forest walk in Kimengech Indigenous Forest open to everyone.

We will walk slowly. We will breathe deeply. We will sit in the forest and let it do what forests do; restore something in you that the noise of everyday life has been slowly taking away.

We will forest bathe, share stories, and spend time with community members whose grandparents named the paths we will walk. That kind of knowledge that lives in people, not in books is exactly what this movement exists to honor and preserve.

If you feel inspired to listen, this morning is for you.

Join our whatsap group to learn more about the walk and the movement.
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Nature and culture are not separate from who we are they are the foundation of it.

Kimengech Natural Forest is a protected indigenous forest located in Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya. It forms part of the complex ecosystem along the Elgeyo escarpment, contributing to water regulation, biodiversity conservation, and community livelihoods through sustainable forest management initiatives.

Today, visited the CFA’s tree nursery, where we were inspired by the incredible work being led by women and youth in nurturing new life for the forest. Their dedication is a powerful reminder that restoration is both a community effort and a generational responsibility.

We explored ways to strengthen the eco-tourism component within the CFA, through our Forest Whisperers Movement. These engagements continue to shape pathways for deeper connection, sustainable livelihoods, and community-led conservation.






Kenya Forest Service
WWF-Kenya
Nature Kenya-the EANHS

Building Back Better is not a one-time event; it is a continuous, community-led journey.

In Marakwet, we are walking this journey together with communities, elders, and partners. Listening, learning, and uncovering the root causes of the landslide that took away lives November last year in Chesongoch, so that the solutions we build are truly sustainable.

This video captures the beginning of that process, where local voices are leading the conversation on resilience, land use, and the future of our communities.

When communities lead, solutions last.
Join us as we continue to engage, learn, and act together.

County Government of Elgeyo Marakwet

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Resilience is not built in boardrooms. It is built in communities.

In the steep slopes of Elgeyo Marakwet, where landslides and climate shocks threaten lives and livelihoods, communities are not waiting for solutions — they are leading them. From restoring fragile landscapes to building climate-resilient livelihoods, their stories show what true adaptation looks like.

This is more than a story. It is evidence that when communities lead, change is real, lasting, and transformative.

Watch, listen, and witness the power of locally led resilience.

STORIES OF THE SLOPE This is a practical initiative of locally led adaptation

Together with the Marakwet council of elders, we successfully held our community-led post-disaster analysis forum in Chesoi, Marakwet, bringing together elders, community members, government officials, and partners to reflect on the recent landslides and begin a shared journey toward sustainable solutions
At Jenga Future Initiative, we believe that lasting solutions come from within the community. By placing local voices, knowledge, and leadership at the center of disaster response and recovery, we are laying the foundation for resilience that is owned, driven, and sustained by the people themselves.

This is just the beginning. We look forward to continued engagements with communities across the affected areas as we work together to better understand the root causes and co-create practical, long-term solutions.

We invite you to join us in this journey toward building safer, stronger, and more resilient communities.

As we approach 2026, the Elgeyo Marakwet Gender Technical Working Group paused to reflect on how climate change is impacting women in our county.

Our discussion took us back to the November 5th landslide that took lives and buried homes.

We counted the losses.
But there is something we didn’t count.

The women who lost their food stores.
The girls whose education was disrupted.
The mothers carrying the burden of rebuilding families.

Climate disasters are not gender neutral.

As we mark , we must ensure women are not just victims of climate change, but leaders in climate solutions.