Nairobi River Basin Youth Summit

Nairobi, Kenya

The Nairobi River Basin and our climate need our help.

Sat 30 July

Location: Strathmore University; Microsoft Auditorium

Times: 9am-5pm

Format: in-person

Cost: FREE

The Nairobi River Basin Summit will focus on the importance of the Nairobi River Basin for our community & environment, the challenges it faces, and ways we can help. Join us!

Summit Hosts

Tanui Ruth is hosting the Nairobi River Basin Youth Summit. Tanui is a student at Strathmore University and is interested in making the world a better place.

Kevin Melly is a student at Strathmore University who is passionate about improving the environmental for present and future generations.

Schedule

ALL TIMES IN EAT (UTC +3)

8:30 AM to 9:00 AM -Assemble at Strathmore University Sports Complex
9 AM to 11:30 AM – Clean-up
11:45 AM to 12:30 PM – Networking (Team-building activities)
12:40 PM to 2 PM -Lunch
2:10 PM to 3:20 PM – Speakers
3: 25 PM to 4 PM – Activities (Indoor Games, Qs, and As)
4 PM to 4:30 PM – Vote of thanks (Leave at your own pleasure)

Post-Event Survey

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Before attending this event, my experience implementing campaigns for change includes:

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I have attended a training with another advocacy organization

This is my first step in learning how to develop and implement campaigns for change

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I have developed my own campaign for change but I didn’t make much progress

I have developed a campaign for change that is still in progress

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Having participated in this Blue Climate Action Summit,

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About the Nairobi River Basin

The Nairobi River Basin (NRB) of Kenya comprises of 3 three rivers: Ngong-Motoine, Nairobi and Mathare. The rivers join east of Nairobi County, meet River Athi, and eventually flow to the Indian Ocean. The basin is home to more than 4 million people.

Challenges to the Nairobi River Basin that we will explore include plastic pollution, improper sanitation and drainage issues

About Planeteer Alliance Blue Climate Action Summit Series

Oceans and freshwater lakes play a crucial role in slowing and reversing the effects of climate change. As part of our work in accelerating known climate solutions, the Planeteer Alliance is excited to be supporting the Blue Climate Action Summit Series to support Planeteers around the world in taking Blue Climate Action — work to protect and restore our oceans and lakes to help their communities and our planet.

The Blue Climate Action Summit Series is being built in collaboration with the NALYS organizers based on the principles they have identified for authentically engaging young people in communities around the world:

Uplifting young people’s voices and ideas
Empowering young people to connect with, protect, preserve and restore their water systems.
The importance of story and culture in creating connections
The importance of indigenous wisdom in restoring our waterways
The interconnectedness of problems facing our planet and the intersectional approach needed to solve them.

Planeteer Alliance is a program of the Captain Planet Foundation, a US-based NGO with the mission of engaging and empowering young people to be problem solvers for the planet.