Waso Eco-Champions lined up at a community tree planting event in Isiolo County

From the Field

Photo Gallery

Images from the field — documenting ASREP Africa's programmes and people across Isiolo County and Kenya's ASALs.

Programme Work

Field & Programme Photography

30photos documenting ASREP Africa's work. Click any image to view full size.

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Waso Eco-Champions lined up at a community tree planting event in Isiolo County — Waso Eco-Champions mobilise for community tree planting — Isiolo County 2024

Community baraza (public meeting) convened by ASREP Africa in Isiolo, with elders and community members seated in a circle — Community baraza — civic engagement, Isiolo 2024

Women and youth participating in a climate resilience meeting organised by ASREP Africa — Women & youth climate meeting — Isiolo County 2025

Community members planting green seedlings as part of ASREP's nature-based solutions programme — Community tree planting — Waso Eco-Champions programme 2024

Community members planting trees among rocks in the ASAL landscape of Northern Kenya — Tree planting in rocky ASAL terrain — Isiolo County 2024

ASREP Africa and Kenya Forest Service officials jointly planting trees as part of a conservation partnership — ASREP Africa & Kenya Forest Service joint tree planting — 2024

Wildlife rangers and youth volunteers planting indigenous trees under ASREP Africa's eco-champions programme — Rangers and youth eco-champions — tree planting, Isiolo 2024

A forestry officer supervising rangers during an ASREP-coordinated tree planting exercise in Isiolo County — Forestry officer with rangers during tree planting — Isiolo 2024

ASREP Africa team leader at a tree nursery showing indigenous seedlings ready for community planting — Indigenous tree nursery — Waso Eco-Champions programme 2025

A species information sign for Acacia senegal at an ASREP-supported conservation site in Isiolo County — Acacia senegal conservation — ASREP biodiversity programme 2025

ASREP Africa leaders meeting with Kenya Forest Service officials to formalise a conservation partnership — ASREP Africa – Kenya Forest Service partnership meeting 2024

Women community leaders in a peace prayer circle convened by ASREP Africa's peacebuilding programme — Women peace prayer — Isiolo Peace Actors Forum 2025

ASREP Africa-facilitated community roundtable with mixed elders, women, and youth representatives in Isiolo — Community roundtable — inter-community dialogue, Isiolo 2025

ASREP Africa community team group photo with programme staff and community partners in Isiolo County — ASREP Africa community team — Isiolo County 2025

A faith leader facilitating an interfaith peace and reconciliation session as part of ASREP's PROCMURA partnership — Interfaith peace facilitation — PROCMURA & ASREP 2025

ASREP Africa officials and PROCMURA faith leaders at a joint peacebuilding session in Nairobi — ASREP & PROCMURA peace session — Nairobi 2025

ASREP Africa and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Kenya officials at the national biodiversity strategy validation meeting in Laikipia — National Biodiversity Strategy validation — ASREP & SDZWA-K, Laikipia 2026

ASREP Africa executive and community elders at a strategic planning and indigenous knowledge meeting — ASREP elders strategic meeting — indigenous knowledge, Isiolo 2025

ASREP Africa and Inclusion Unfolding Africa leaders signing an MOU partnership agreement — ASREP Africa & IUA MOU signing — partnership 2025

A Kenya Forest Service officer giving a community awareness talk at an ASREP Africa conservation event — Forest officer community awareness talk — Isiolo County 2024

ASREP Africa Executive Director Dida Fayo speaking on Nagaa FM local radio for community public sensitization — ED Dida Fayo on Nagaa FM local radio — public sensitization 2025

ASREP Africa Executive Director presenting programme findings and impact to an audience of stakeholders — Executive Director presenting ASREP impact findings 2025

ASREP Africa Executive Director with county government officials and partner representatives in Isiolo — Executive Director with county officials — Isiolo County 2025

ASREP Africa Executive Director Dida Fayo giving keynote remarks at the KSG Under the Tree Series launch in Oldonyiro, Isiolo — Dida Fayo at KSG Under the Tree Series launch — Oldonyiro 2025

ASREP Africa Executive Director Dida Fayo on a panel at St Paul's University, Nairobi, discussing ASAL development — Dida Fayo at St Paul's University panel — Nairobi 2025

Portrait of a Borana Oromo elder from Isiolo County whose indigenous knowledge is being documented by ASREP Africa's IK Vault Series — Borana elder — ASAL IK Vault Series, Isiolo County 2025

An ASREP Africa programme leader documenting indigenous knowledge and research findings in the field — ASREP programme leader documenting field research 2025

An ASREP Africa field staff member in an Isiolo County community, wearing an ASREP cap — ASREP Africa field staff — Isiolo County 2025

A community leader pointing across the ASAL landscape while explaining land use and ecology to ASREP researchers — Community leader with ASREP researchers — Isiolo County 2025

Samburu drummers and dancers performing at an ASREP Africa community cultural event in Isiolo County — Samburu cultural performance — community event, Isiolo County

Governance

Board of Directors & Executive Leadership

ASREP Africa's leadership team — 7 board members and executive staff. Click to view full size.

Dida E. Fayo — Executive Director of ASREP Africa, PhD Candidate, former NRT Director of Programs

Dida E. Fayo

Executive Director, ASREP Africa

Prof. Nura Mohamed — Non-Executive Chairman of ASREP Africa, Director General of the Kenya School of Government

Prof. Nura Mohamed

Non-Executive Chairman, ASREP Africa

Jennifer Maurer — Board Strategy Advisor at ASREP Africa, 28 years with USAID and PREG portfolio

Jennifer Maurer

Board Strategy Advisor, ASREP Africa

Boaz Ogada — Climate Adaptation and NbS Expert on ASREP Africa's board, Bennett Institute fellow at Cambridge University

Boaz Ogada

Climate Adaptation & NbS Expert, ASREP Board

Issa Gedi — ASAL Policy and Grants Expert on ASREP Africa's board, former NRT Chief Programs Officer

Issa Gedi

ASAL Policy & Grants Expert, ASREP Board

Ven. Canon Dr. Scholar Kiilu — Peacebuilding and Gender Expert on ASREP Africa's board, St Paul's University

Ven. Canon Dr. Scholar Kiilu

Peacebuilding & Gender, ASREP Board

FCPA Abudo Dambala — Finance, Audit and Risk Board Member at ASREP Africa, FCPA and CISA certified

FCPA Abudo Dambala

Finance, Audit & Risk, ASREP Board

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