What We Do
NETFUND mobilizes and channels resources to address Kenya's most pressing environmental challenges through six core priority areas.
Resource Mobilization
We mobilize domestic and international financial resources to support sustainable environmental management programmes across Kenya.
Learn More →Climate Change Mitigation
We design community-based interventions that build resilience and help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Learn More →Ecosystem Protection & Restoration
We mobilize resources for the protection and restoration of critical ecosystems — water towers, tropical rainforests, and wetlands.
Learn More →Green Innovation Awards
We recognize and award outstanding green enterprises, farmers, and community organizations championing environmental sustainability.
Learn More →Private Sector Partnerships
We create sustainable partnerships with private sector actors to co-invest in environmental programmes using blended finance.
Learn More →Capacity Building & Training
We build stakeholder capacity on Resource Mobilization, Winning Proposals, Project Management, and Nature-Based Solutions.
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Kenya's Environmental Trust Fund
The National Environment Trust Fund (NETFUND) is a State Corporation under Kenya's Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, established under EMCA 1999 to mobilize resources for environmental management.
- ✓Mandated to mobilize and channel resources for environmental management in Kenya
- ✓Works with communities, NGOs, government agencies, and private sector across 47 counties
- ✓Ranked 2nd among Kenya's best-performing public institutions (PSC FY 2022/2023)
- ✓Accredited by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and international climate finance bodies
News & Updates
Stay up to date with our latest environmental programmes, partnerships, and milestones from across Kenya.
NETFUND’S BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
NETFUND’s Bottom-Up Approach to Environmental Protection Integral to NETFUND’s environmental programming model has long...
NETFUND JOINS EQUITY BANK TO LAUNCH CLEAN COOKING INITIATIVE FOR SCHOOLS
NETFUND CEO Samson Toniok joined dignitaries from Government and Private Sector including; Education CS Prof. George Mag...
NETFUND DONATES BEEHIVES AND PROTECTIVE GEAR TO NAITUTUM LOTORO BEEKEEPERS COOPERATIVE SOCIETY IN LAIKIPIA COUNTY
Today December 13,2020 marked the end of tree planting campaigns in Laikipia County at Ol-Arjiju primary school in Doldo...
NETFUND DONATES WATER TANK TO KURIKURI PRIMARY SCHOOL IN LAIKIPIA COUNTY
National Environment Trust Fund BoT members, CEO and staff donate a water tank at Kurikuri primary school during a massi...
NETFUND JOINS ENVIRONMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS DURING TREE PLANTING CAMPAIGN AT LECHUGU MIXED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN LAIKIPIA COUNTY
NETFUND Board of Trustees members; Wachira Kibanya, Ntwiga Muriungi, CEO Samson Toniok and staff members joined stakehol...
NETFUND PLEDGES TO DONATE BEEHIVES TO THOME CARITAS COMMUNITY IN LAIKIPIA COUNTY
The Cabinet secretary for Environment and Forestry Keriako Tobiko presided over an event which was the culmination of an...
NETFUND JOINS ENVIRONMENT STAKEHOLDERS IN A CLEANUP AT KOROGOCHO MARKET IN NAIROBI COUNTY.
A NETFUND team joined key stakeholders from the environment sector in a clean-up exercise at Korogocho market which was...
NETFUND PROGRESSIVELY SUPPORTS COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION IN RAISING TREE SEEDLINGS IN KIRINYAGA.
National Environment Trust Fund partnered with Green Spaces to establish and support the raising of tree nurseries in an...
Funded Programmes
NETFUND's portfolio of funded programmes driving transformation across Kenya's most critical ecosystems.
Kakamega Forest Fencing Programme
A community-based programme to protect Kakamega Forest — Kenya's only tropical rainforest — through perimeter fencing th...
Stregthening Forest Management for Improved Biodiversity Conservetion and climate resilience in the Southern Rangelands of Kenya
A collaborative initiative between NETFUND and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to strengthen enviro...
Lake Naivasha Basin Ecosystem Based Management
The project aims to restore forest ecosystems and reduce land degradation in the Lake Naivasha Basin catchment, protecti...
Green Innovations Award (GIA iv)
NETFUND's Green Innovations Awards (GIA) is an annual flagship climate action award programme recognizing and supporting...
Economic Stimulus Program (esp i&ii)
The Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) is a Government of Kenya funded initiative cushioning Kenyans from the adverse eco...
Innovation Commercialization Grant-KENIA
NETFUND has been the grant administrator to 12 innovators competitively selected under the Kenya National Innovation Age...
Our Partners
NETFUND works with a broad network of government agencies, international funders, financial institutions, and civil society organisations.