17/07/2025
🌍 Green Circle Foundation – Organization Profile
Who We Are?
Green Circle Foundation (GCF) is a dynamic, grassroots-driven non-profit organization founded in 2015 by Kate Kirui, an environmentalist, peace ambassador and humanitarian from Uasin Gishu County,Kenya. Our foundation is built on a deep commitment to climate justice, gender equity, peacebuilding and human dignity.
Our integrated model empowers vulnerable communities’ especially women, youth, boys, persons with disabilities (PWDs), widows, orphans and teen mothers, through sustainable environmental action, economic empowerment, psychosocial support and civic education.
We are more than a foundation’ we are a movement for hope, healing, and humanity!
🌟 Our Vision
A just, peaceful and sustainable world where communities live in harmony with nature and each other.
💡 Our Mission
To transform lives and protect the planet through innovative, inclusive and impactful programs rooted in environmental sustainability, social justice and human empowerment.
🌱 Core Values
• Sustainability – We promote practices that conserve the environment and ensure long-term community resilience.
• Human Dignity – Every person deserves a life of dignity, purpose and opportunity.
• Integrity – We uphold transparency, ethics and accountability in everything we do.
• Equity & Inclusivity – We prioritize the marginalized, especially women, youth, PWDs, and the underserved.
• Partnership – We believe in collective impact and value strong collaboration across sectors.
• Patriotism – We are proud to contribute to Kenya’s peace, unity and progress.
🔑 Strategic Focus Areas
🌳 1. Environmental Conservation & Climate Justice
• #5 Million trees planting Campaign: Leading tree planting activities in schools, communities and degraded areas.
• Tree Nurseries in ECDEs: Established 60+ fruit and indigenous tree nurseries across ECDE centers in Uasin Gishu to foster environmental stewardship from a young age.
• Support to Tree Nursery Owners: Providing training, seedlings, and linkages to markets.
• Eco-Tourism & Climate Awareness Tours: Promoting community-led conservation tourism linked with cultural heritage and sustainability.
• Capacity Building on Climate Smart Agriculture & Waste Management
• Plastic pollution campaigns, climate education workshops, and green business incubation
👩🏽🍼 2. Women Empowerment & Economic Justice
• Initiative: Supporting 3,000+ women who collect firewood to survive with eco-alternatives like briquette-making, efficient cookstoves, and sustainable energy training. We are currently seeking sponsors and development partners to expand this life-changing initiative.
• Soap Making, Eco-Crafts & Agribusiness: Practical skills and start-up support for women and youth to reduce poverty.
• Shoeshiners’ Economic Empowerment Program
• Chick Hatching Project: Supporting self-reliance among young boys and teen fathers.
. Baking classes for Youths women and pwds
🎓 3. Youth & Education Support
• Hope for Teen Mothers: A major success—66 teenage mothers have returned to school through our intervention. We aim to support many more but face capacity challenges. We are actively seeking sponsors for continued impact.
• Empower Boy Child Initiative: Focused support on the often-neglected boy child including back-to-school campaigns and psychosocial mentorship.
• Young Green Bubbles & Young Nature Friends Clubs: Building a new generation of conservationists and community leaders.
• Digital and agribusiness training for youth
🔊 4. Human Rights, Peace & Justice
• Anti-Femicide & GBV Campaigns: Vigorous advocacy, awareness walks, community dialogues, and survivor support.
• Voice of Men Movement: Healing-focused initiative addressing men’s mental health, trauma, and violence prevention.
• Voice of Victors Media: A platform for survivors and reformed perpetrators to tell their stories and inspire change.
• The Unfiltered Talk Show hosted by Kate Kirui features raw, courageous conversations that spark action.
• Peace Campaigns: Civic education, patriotism sessions, interfaith dialogues, and trauma healing forums in conflict-prone areas.
• Prison Outreach: Offering emotional support, skills training, and reintegration preparation for inmates.
🧠 5. Mental Health & Wellness
• Post-Grief Care Programs and community counseling sessions
• Men’s Mental Health Forums and emotional wellness mentorship
• Trauma healing and psychosocial first aid training
🎗️ 6. Health Access & Awareness
• Cancer Screening & Awareness Campaigns especially among rural women and underserved populations
• Hygiene Promotion through soap-making training and distribution of hygiene kits
🤝 Strategic Partnerships & Collaborations
We work hand-in-hand with:
• Local and international banks
• Embassies and foreign missions
• Fellow Foundations and CSOs
• Government departments and devolved units
• Learning institutions and faith-based organizations
These partnerships enable us to expand our reach, deepen our impact, and ensure our programs are community-owned and results-driven.
📊 Our Impact in Numbers (as of 2025)
• 🌳 Over 280,000 trees planted
• 🍃 60+ ECDE tree nurseries established
• 👩🏽🍼 3,000+ women supported through
• 🎓 66 teen mothers back to school
• 👦🏽 1,000+ boys reached through Boy Child initiative
• 🧠 5,000+ individuals engaged in mental health and wellness support
• 🗣️ 40+ community dialogues on peace, GBV, and civic responsibility
• 🎥 20+ episodes of The Unfiltered Talk Show produced
.🍞1800 persons trained in Curlinary arts a skill that enables them to self employ themselves
• 🚶🏽♀️ Ongoing peace walks, GBV campaigns, and climate justice forums in five counties
📍 Where We Work
Our impact majory spans across:
• Uasin Gishu County (Headquarters)
• Elgeyo Marakwet
• Nakuru
• Nandi
• Baringo
• And beyond…
💬 Message to Partners & Donors
At Green Circle Foundation, we are driven by purpose, grounded in the community and committed to real impact.
Your partnership will help us:
• Scale our programs
• Train more women and youth
• Reach more girls with school reentry support
• Equip more tree nurseries
• Expand our solutions
• Heal more GBV survivors
• Prevent climate collapse
Let’s co-create a world where environmental sustainability meets social justice.
📞 Contact Us
Green Circle Foundation
📍 Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
📧 Email: [email protected]
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