Soils for the Future Africa

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Soils for the Future Africa (SftFA) works in partnership with its sister company Soils for the Future Tanzania. SftFA is implementing a PPP soil carbon project in Kajiado County in collaboration with Group Ranches to establish rotational grazing programs.

Meet The Team

Jackson Kikardi

Jackson is in charge of field operations and coordination efforts in Kenya. He has extensive experience with field operations including animal biodiversity, vegetation, and soil measurements. Jackson has been working on carbon projects for the past twelve years, working closely with CarbonSolve partner Mark Ritchie.

Johnson Oloiboni

Johnson works as a grazing coordinator in Eselenkei. He grew up in Eselenkei group ranch, where he was herding his family livestock before attending school. After he completed his A level, he was elected to the Eselenkei group management committee. He is passionate about wildlife and helping communities.

Benson Kanako

A grazing coordinator in Mailua, Benson is passionate about working with communities. Born in 1996 at Emotoroki area in Mailua group ranch, Benson went to primary school in his village and herded his family's livestock. He became an entrepreneur after completing high school and driving school two years ago.

James Tipape

James works as a grazing coordinator in Olgulului North. Born in lenkisem in Ogulului Lolarashi group ranch, he went to primary school in his village before joining and completing high school in 2013. Before he joined the KRCP team, he was working with Limrock hotel in Machakos as a supervisor. He is passionate about working in the field and with communities.

Jeremiah Sabore

Jeremiah is a grazing coordinator in Olgulului South. Born in Olgulului Ololarrashi group ranch, he started and completed school in the same group ranch before he was elected alongside ten others to serve in Olgulului Ololarrashi group ranch management committee.

Joshua Kasaine

Born in Imbirikani group ranch, Joshua has worked with ChildFund Kenya as a sponsored relationship officer (SRO) before joining Sentrim lodges in Amboseli where he worked in the housekeeping department as a rooms steward. He’s passionate about livestock keeping.

what are grazing coordinators?

Grazing coordinators are the community face of carbon projects. They are the conduit by which community members learn about project specifics and developments, and they help share the overall vision and long-term goals. The coordinators have extensive knowledge of grazing practices and boundaries and are able to work directly with different community members, build trust and relationships, and generate excitement for a project requiring extensive community participation.

Projects

KAJIADO RANGELANDS CARBON PROJECT

CarbonSolve and Soils for the Future Africa have launched a 1.5 million hectare soil carbon project in the Kajiado District of Kenya’s southern rangelands region. The goal of CarbonSolve’s Kenya investment in the Kajiado District is to advance rangeland carbon projects and create a sustainable financing mechanism that will support decades of rangeland restoration efforts for priority project areas.

The KRCP is operated and managed by SftFA, based in Kenya and headquartered in the project area. This project is supported by CarbonSolve, a US-based Carbon Project Developer that includes Mark Ritchie as a co-owner, and will build from the financial and administrative systems of the Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI), a 501c(3) non-profit conservation organization based in the U.S. In this way, CarbonSolve will help develop the capacity of for-profit companies in Africa to meet the highest Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards.

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