NAIROBI, Kenya, May 18, 2016/APO (African Press Organization)/ —
The British High Commissioner, Nic Hailey, will host a reception to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Karura Forest to the public on Thursday 19th May from 6 pm. The reception will also recognize the work of the Friends of Karura Forest Community Forest Association (CFA), the Kenya Forest Service and their partners.
The event will be held at the High Commissioner’s residence on 2 Tchui Road, off Naivasha Avenue in Muthaiga.
Friends of Karura Forest is a forest association comprised of volunteers who are dedicated to protecting the city’s largest green area, the Karura Forest Reserve, for future generations. With the late Professor Wangari Maathai as honorary patron, the Friends of Karura Forest association, in partnership with the Kenya Forest Service and Kenyan corporate and private donors, secured Karura Forest and transformed it into a popular local recreation and conservation site. Karura Forest is now a visitor’s attraction receiving more than 20,000 visitors a month.
Guests in attendance will include Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Hon. Judi Wakhungu, Patron of Friends of Karura Forest, Alice Macaire, Vice-chair of Friends of Karura Forest, Sharad Rao, and Chair of the Green Belt Movement, Wanjira Maathai.
Members of the media are invited to cover the event. For security reasons, all media houses are requested to confirm and submit names of reporters and cameramen attending the event to the British High Commission Press Office by 2.00 pm Thursday 19th May.
