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Waithaka John Macharia


First Name JOHN
Surname MACHARIA
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Email johnmacharia49@yahoo.com
Tel +254 724 628 386
Street Upper Hill
City THIKA
Zipcode 01000
Country Kenya
Motto Reconnecting with nature & culture to grow resilient school communities
Who I am I am a kenyan, I have a wealth of information in sustainable land use for food production and value addition to enhnace sustainable access to nutritious food among school communities.
Suggested People I suggest SCOPE Kenya Member Organizations, they all promote ecological agriculture in schools and communities. therefore we can ride on the existing systems and structure and experience to bring real change.
Activity TOP: Technology of Peace, ESD : Education for Sustainable Education,
Other Activity To date many children spend their school days hungry and go back to food scarcity homes, to improve their health and academic performance, we need to work with schools so that they can produce adequate amount of food to feed the needy children.
Skills I have wider knowledge in ecological farming techniques which i can share with others through training and networking.
Projects Currently I am involved in Schools food security and ecological conservation, a project that we are implementing in 12 schools in Kenya. The project beneficiaries are school students, teachers, parents/community members.
Planned In 2017, we are planning to hold two training forum that will bring together, 18 field staff and 10 teachers, the main purpose is to enhance their knowledge and skills and facilitation capacity. the specific contribution will be technical facilitation.
Planned workshop For Technologies of Peace (TOP), We are planning to hold youth training workshop that will involve integrating IT technology in agricultural activities, i will assist in mobilization and recruitment of the youth.
Current target population We are currently working with 12 schools and communities in 11 counties in Kenya. Our focus is mainly working with young people who forms over 65% of the population, to enhance their participation in food production and environmental conservation activities.
Affiliated org. Name Schools and Colleges Permaculture Programme - SCOPE Kenya./ Regional Schools and Colleges Permaculture Programme(RESCOPE)
Remarks, comments Let us embrace team work to enhance sharing, learning and working with young people to enhance to nurture the transformation of our food system.

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