Charity Photos
- Title: Rejoicing for rights
- Charity: American Jewish World Service
- Country: Kenya
- Photo Credit: Jonathan Torgovnik
In Malindi, Kenya, vast salt factories have poisoned farmland and plunged families deep into poverty. AJWS grantee Malindi Rights Forum has mobilized this community to fight the factories in court and return land to the community. These women, take a moment to rejoice.
- Title: Replanting trees in Mau Forest
- Charity: American Jewish World Service
- Country: Kenya
- Photo Credit: Jonathan Torgovnik
Scouts from Kenya’s Ogiek tribe are replanting trees in the Mau Forest, their ancestral home, which has been decimated by logging and agriculture. With support from Ogiek Peoples’ Development Programme (OPDP), the community won a landmark case protecting this land for the future.