WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES - Natural Resource Management
PEN works with communities and other stakeholders such as relevant government ministries to provide safe drinking water by mainly protecting existing springs, promoting water harvesting and construction of subsurface dams. Lower Eastern province provides the bulk of the sand for construction to major towns of Machakos, Athi River and Nairobi. Excessive sand harvesting has led to the drying of river beds, pollution of water points, destruction of farmlands and infrastructure. PEN has partnered with local communities to encourage responsible sand harvesting, protect riparian areas, encouraging conservation farming and rehabilitation of hillsides to prevent further erosion. - Livelihoods and Small Holder Agriculture
Decreasing farm sizes as a result of increasing population and unpredictable weather patterns calls for improved farming methods and diversification to other non-farm income generating activities. PEN works with communities and other stakeholders such as the Ministry of Agriculture to promote small holder Agriculture by promoting better farming methods, use of high yielding crop varieties and improved post harvest management. PEN also supports communities especially youth and women to start small saving and credit schemes. - Strengthening Local Governance
Informed Community members and strong grass root institutions are pillars to improved local governance and democracy. PEN works with community institutions to improve the sharing of information, increase the people's voice at the management of local affairs and promote transparency and accountability in managing the devolved funds. PEN supports this by conducting "education for responsible citizens" to CBO leaders and other identified resource persons who form public watch group. Education for all is one of the major pillars of Vision 2030. The introduction of free primary education has recorded increased enrolment in primary schools. However, this increase has not resulted in increased number of pupils joining secondary schools in our areas of operation due to poor performance in national examinations. PEN works with school committees, Parents-Teacher Associations (PTAs) and the Ministry of Education to address causes of poor performance, low retention and increasing cases of indiscipline. PEN offers their services to improve the performance of school committees, improve relations between the committees and the teachers as well as parents. Click here to read more about Our Field Experience with the Community | 
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