The Green Belt Movement - Tree planting for women empowerment

The Green Belt Movement (GBM) is an environmental organisation that seek to empower communities, particularly women, to protect the environment and improve livelihoods. The organisation was a solution implemented in response to the needs of rural Kenyan women who reported drying streams, and food supply insecurity. GBM motivates women in rural communities to combine their efforts to grow seedlings and plant trees to bind the soil, store rainwater, provide food and firewood, and receive some little remuneration in return.