People Daily team nurtures life

By , May 20, 2025

In an effort to address environmental degradation and ensure sustainability when it comes to climate change, the People Daily team returned to Kibiko forest on Monday to track the progress of trees grown in the area last year.

People Daily reporter Cynthia Atuo plants a tree at Ngong Forest on Monday, May 19, 2025. PHOTO/Philip Kamakya

 Kenya’s first fully digital newspaper, in partnership with the Greenbelt Movement, Kenya Forest Service and members of the local community, grew more than 200 trees in November, an initiative aimed at impacting residents as well as serving as an empathic symbol of the newspaper’s digital transformation journey.

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People Daily and PD Wikendi Managing Editor Emeka-Mayaka Gekara and a member of the Kibiko conservation group plant a tree on Monday, May 19, 2025. PHOTO/Philip Kamakya

 Nearly seven months after growing the trees, the survival rate has been positive, with 65 per cent growth.

Environmental experts from Greenbelt applauded the initiative.

K24 presenter Lindah Koskey grows a Cordia Africana tree. PHOTO/Philip Kamakya

 The after-care visit to the forest saw the regrowth of 37 trees.

The 32-year-old newspaper made a bold decision to halt its print operations last year; a move the managing editor, Emeka-Mayaka Gekara, says was informed by the urgency to produce and distribute journalism in a manner that is sensitive to environmental protection and serve consumer needs.

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