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Help Self Help Centre (HSHC)

Help Self Help Centre (HSHC) is a national development agency, working with thousands of communities to end poverty and environmental degradation. We take a rights-based approach and market-led conservation approach to ensure an all-inclusive, equal, benefit sharing and conservation of the natural resources

Our Programmatic areas

Agribusiness program

Agribusiness program This program mainly targets fruits (like strawberries, tree-tomatoes and gooseberries), vegetables like pumpkins (involving the flesh, seeds, leaves, stems) and herbal beverage like rosemary that show high nutritional and market potential.
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Nature Based Enterprises

Nature Based Enterprises program Through a market–led conservation approach, the goal is to create alternative climate resilient livelihoods (income & employment) and promote conservation of local biodiversity. We focus on Research and & Development (R&D) and commercialization of unique and innovative natural products. This program has evolved into a business horizon business ventures ltd (hbv.co.ke ) that specifically deals with forest based essential oils such as baobab, cape chestnut, marula, leleshwa, wild basil and lippia.
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Climate Change program

The goal is to enhance climate resilience at household, farming and ecosystem levels. We focus on climate adaptation and mitigation strategies including climate smart agriculture and nature-based solutions that conserve the natural resource base and provide alternative livelihoods. Actions We restore degraded landscapes in the forest using native trees. Advocate planting of drought resistant crops – rosemary, tea-tree, lavender. Promote the tree-based systems on the farm. Climate change sensitization and awareness. Promote climate smart agriculture. We also promote the use of alternative renewable household energy and solar in water pumping.
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Local capacity Development

To enhance employability of TVET graduates. Actions Soft skills training Business and entrepreneurship training Connecting them with both job and internships opportunities. Supporting innovative businesses.
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Natural Resource Management

Natural Resource Management Program Supports communities and grassroots institutions living adjacent to the forest in sustainable forest management and in the implementation of the Forest Act, 2005 and the forest policy, 2015. The program has managed to support 14 CFAs to develop forest management plans in Mount Kenya and Aberdares. The program builds the organizational, technical, management and financial capacity of the CFA to enable them participate effectively in joint forest management with the government.
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Our Goals

To facilitate the local community living around forests to effectively and viably manage existing opportunities in agricultural and nature based unique resources to support sustainable livelihoods

Our Impact

2000 incomes

2000 smallholder famers have stable, climate resilient incomes

Forest Rehabilitation

32,000 ha of forest experiencing reduced illegal activity.

100 jobs created

100 jobs created directly and indirectly

700,000 Trees Planted

332,000 native planted for biodiversity restoration

23,040 litres of natural products

23,040 litres of natural products delivered to the local market

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