We have a project idea. We want to plant trees in the Mau Forest, but now we can't go because the situation there change dramatically. The Mau Forest was once one of Kenya’s most important water catchment areas. In 1985 round 450,000 Kikuyus who lived and worked on forestry stations in the area were evicted, to make way for Kalenjin settlers under the Moi government. The Mau Forest was the source of several rivers, but after Kalenjin settlers cut down thousands of acres of trees, many of the rivers dried up and drought began ‘to hit Kenya’.. Recognising the ecological importance of the Mau Forest, Kenya’s environment minister has now called for the eviction of Kalenjin settlers. There are now people who say that if the government intends to compensate Kalenjin settlers, it must first compensate the Kikuyu who previously inhabited the forest. Everything turns out really bad. We now lack water and all these shortages are due to depletion of our forest cover.right now many of our people have died because of hunger.Today some of us joined a group of young people who are funding an exercise to feed the over one million people facing starvation.its not a longterm solution but for now it will do. Before 1985, the controversial Mau Forest had both indigenous forest and large acres of trees planted for commercial purpose. On maturity, those trees were sold for the manufacture of papers, guns, buildings and furniture. Once the trees were sold they were replaced with young seedlings. The sold trees earned Kenya millions of shillings every year. There were more than thirty forest stations, each with 15,000 Kenyans in and around Mau Forest. The parents of those families were employed to plant and to look after the young trees, weeding out unnecessary vegetation which tended to interrupt the proper growth of the trees and they pruned the bigger ones to improve their qualities. In total, all the inhabitants of those forest stations were 450,000, most of who were the Kikuyus. There were a few Kisiis, Luhyas and Luos. There were no Kalenjins working in those forest stations. In my school I would like to plant more trees and flowers. According to me, when you plant trees there will be more fresh air and the rain will be distributed accordingly. On top of that studies will be carried out nicely as pupils won't always feel dizzy dizzy. For example when people destroyed the Mau forest we have seen what has happened. Rainfall distribution has started being a problem and our rivers have already started to dry up- I hate so much to just sit an watch how our beatiful country will turn into an arid place. If we gang up and try to fight this endulging scandal then our next generation will be just full of fun. No hunger, thirst and we won't live to regret it at all because the younger people are going to survive though us. Let's gang up to create awareness! Natalia