KEAN brings together youth groups working on community-based restoration projects to combine mapping and monitoring for impact. Activities they provide include activism training, planting trees, environmental education and agroecology. Some of the remarkable KEAN’s initiatives include organizing the Africa Youth Caravan to COP27 and its current role in the secretariat of the Africa Youth Africa Climate Summit, bringing together over 650 youth from various African countries and youth allies worldwide, contributing to Africa’s vision for a sustainable future.

Co-founder Kaluki Paul Mutuku, a climate advocate and environmental leader in Kenya, explains that their “primary mission is to highlight key demands that need to be addressed in terms of climate financing, supporting youth-led projects in Africa, and ensuring that we contribute to policy processes, with young people recognized not as victims but as co-leaders in the climate and biodiversity space.”