A KOMB GREEN SOLUTION.
When Climate Change unpredictable weather patterns strike, will Komb Green solutions come to the rescue? Source: Hannifa Unpredictable rainfall patterns and long dry seasons are becoming prominent issues related to climate change. These further impacts not only the environment and human health, but also the general socio-economic well-being of the affected community. The Nairobi River, which passes also through Korogocho, has however not been exempted from the impacts of climate change. Heavy rainfall causes it to break its banks and flood the adjacent land. Komb Green , a CBO found in Korogocho, formed by reformed youth to help them refrain from criminal activities have taken up different initiatives among them being rehabilitation of Nairobi River. Adjacent to the river, there is rehabilitated land to People’s park. One cannot tell that in the past, the area was more or less a dumpsite. The CBO has cleaned the river time and time again, and created the People’s park where even childr...
