In an effort aimed at empowering women hard hit by drought in West Pokot County, the International Tree Foundation, in partnership with the Perur Rays of Hope organisation, has distributed vertical kitchen garden materials to 100 to enable women to grow vegetables for subsistence purposes and income generation.
The move is aimed at fighting food insecurity and malnutrition, hence improving the general human health within the region that has been labelled with the challenges for long.
Speaking after the distribution of the materials at Kapkanyar in Pokot South Constituency, the ITF Western Region Project Officer Joshua Mutambuki said the organisation has partnered with Perur Rays of Hope to implement the FR100 project in West Pokot County as part of the initiative to support women in establishing kitchen gardens.
He disclosed that vertical gardens are an important livelihood activity, adding that they have supported the women groups with beehives, fruit trees and tree nursery training for income generation.
