Ellyanne Wanjiku Mau Ebru Forest Tree Planting ft KDF, MPESA Foundation, Rhino Ark, Kenya Forests

Ellyanne predicted all human wipe-out if trees are not planted. Watch & find out which year & her drive to plant #TRILLIONTREES According to Nation Media 6/9/2019, Anyone seeking to understand the extent of Maasai Mau Forest's destruction needs to prepare "physically and mentally" as the findings "drain you". This is according to Chief Inspector Njoroge Mugo of the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) who took a journalist from the Nation on a tour. With KFS rangers, the journalist went on a five-kilometre trek that took about three hours. While describing the destruction that he saw, he speaks of a severely depleted forest that leaves one with feelings of "sadness, heartbreak and despair", and of a mission that is "not for everyone". Deforestation and widespread degradation are evident from the busy Narok-Bomet highway that overlooks the 400,000-hectare forest. Some of the rivers in the Mau are muddy and drying up, with decaying logs floating on them. In addition, the beehive that Ogieks placed on some trees long ago are now a rare sighting. Wild fruits are also difficult to find and gone are the soothing sounds of River Mara's waters as it snakes its way through deep valleys and rolling foothills. Wildlife are a rare sighting but domestic dogs bark endlessly at chirping birds. Smoke from timber houses also engulfed the forest and illegal community learning centres stood out like sore thumbs. In addition, they lacked sanitation blocks, meaning the teachers and learners likely relieved themselves in the forest.