Agroforestry & fruit trees
Mango, avocado and grevillea alongside maize and beans: trees that feed families, shade crops and hold the soil.
Matonyok Organization · Kajiado, Kenya
Growing trees, food and resilience with the communities of Amboseli.
We are a non-profit working with farmers, schools and 16 community groups around Kimana, Loitokitok and Entonet, and with the coastal community of Mashewa in Tanga, to plant fruit and indigenous trees.
- Community groups supported
- 16
- Volunteers
- 150
- Partner schools
- 2
- Countries: Kenya and Tanzania
- 2
Our work
Four ways we work with communities
Every project is planned with the people who will live with it, from the nursery bed to the school garden.
Schools education
Environmental learning and tree planting with pupils at Frajasa School and Olmapitet Manhae Secondary School.
Mangrove restoration
Replanting mangroves with the coastal community of Mashewa in Tanga Region, Tanzania.
Community groups
Sixteen self-help, women’s and youth groups around Amboseli that plan and lead their own projects.
In a farmer’s words
“Today, my farm is not just productive—it’s alive.”
Before Matonyok Organization came into our lives, many of us in Entonet/Lenkisim Ward struggled to balance farming with environmental care. The land was tired, the rains unpredictable, and our trees were disappearing.Jackson KikonAmboseli National Park Rancher
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Plant
$10
Helps raise fruit and indigenous tree seedlings in community nurseries.
Give $10
Grow
$25
Helps get seedlings from the nursery to farms and schools, and cared for after planting.
Give $25
Train
$50
Helps run practical agroforestry training with farmers and community groups.
Give $50
Sustain
$100
Helps a community group keep its own project going through the year.
Give $100
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Get involved
More ways to help
Volunteer
Join planting days, help in a tree nursery or share a skill with a community group.
Partner
Organisations, schools and companies can fund a programme or work alongside a group.
Visit a project
See a nursery, a farm or a school garden for yourself and meet the people doing the work.
Accountability
Who we are and who we answer to
Matonyok is a non-profit organisation based in Kimana, Loitokitok. We are led by people from the communities we serve.
- Based in
- Kimana, Loitokitok, Kajiado County
- Also working in
- Mashewa, Tanga Region, Tanzania
- Working with
- 16 community groups and 2 schools
- Contact
- matonyokorg@gmail.com
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