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Rows of trenches cut across a coastal restoration site, each lined with newly planted mangrove seedlings

01 · Restoration Innovation

Transforming Mangrove Restoration Through Trenching: The EarthLungs Story

Along the Kenyan coast, EarthLungs stopped planting into dry ground and started rebuilding the tides. Over 100 kilometres of trenches later, restoration looks very different.

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Kenyan Coast · East Africa · June 2025

Young seedlings standing in floodwater at a waterlogged restoration site

02 · From the Field

Where Does the Water Go?

The rain that floods Nairobi does not disappear. It travels down the Tana River to the delta, where our teams meet it as cut-off roads, washed-away nurseries, and shifting targets.

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Tana Delta, Tana River County, Kenya · August 2026

An EarthLungs site worker tending potted seedlings in a nursery bed

03 · People & Inclusion

Belonging in Action: Dama’s Story and What Inclusion Looks Like on the Ground

In Kadzuhoni, Kilifi County, inclusion is not a policy statement. It is patient instruction, shared routines, and a teammate whose energy lifts the whole planting team.

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Kadzuhoni, Kilifi County, Kenya · August 2026

Hands settling a potted seedling into the ground at a Ka-Finje Tu planting site

04 · Ka-Finje Tu

How Ka-Finje Tu is Rebuilding Kinale Forest

Thousands of ordinary Kenyans, each contributing the subsidised KES 50 Ka-Finje Tu rate, are collectively restoring one of the country's most important water towers. Every contribution plants a seed, every seed restores an ecosystem.

Kinale Forest, Kiambu County · May 2025

Jars of Bushi Honey produced by BEEyond Trees beekeeping groups

05 · BEEyond Trees

BEEyond Trees: Women Lead the Honey Revolution in Vihiga

In Shamakhokho, women's groups are running thriving beekeeping enterprises that generate income while keeping forest ecosystems intact, making communities the true custodians of restoration.

Vihiga County, Kenya · April 2025

A mangrove nursery of thousands of potted seedlings shaded by mature trees

06 · Where We Work

Tanzania Expansion: New Sites, New Communities

EarthLungs' Tanzania programme continues to grow, with new restoration sites and community partnerships taking root in the Tanga region.

Tanga, Tanzania · March 2025

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