Josphat Macharia, NECC's Director, with his son Joseph

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Original NECC T-shirts

Modeled by Earth Wind Fire and Water board members Tory Shobe, Bill and Vivian Gast

An evening with community leaders

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

The Macharia family

Joseph, Sarah, Tabitha, and Josphat

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Friends of NECC view the completed solar hot water system

Constructed with support from friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water

Bill Gast chats with Cheif Asef Kariuki and Steve Mwonge, Assistant County Commissioner

An evening with community leaders

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Josphat and Tabitha with Hugh Sargent and Phil Wagner

A fundraiser in Ambler, PA USA

Josphat, Bill, and Louise Johnston review a map of Kenya

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Tony and Susan Church with Josphat Macharia

Josphat and Tony serve on the board of Eburru Rafiki (Friends of Eburru Forest) supporting the rejuvenation of the Eburru Forest Reserve, its biodiversity, and the adjacent forest edge farming communities.

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Peter Muthemba chats with Josphat, Bill, and Vivian

Peter is the IT specialist at his school.

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

The Macharia children – Joseph and Sarah

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Photographer Thom Goertel with wife Carol

Our Earth Wind Fire and Water volunteer

Josphat greets Louise, Viv, Thom, and Carol at Loldia airstrip

Near Lake Naivasha en route to NECC

Lunch with friends from USA

Elsamere – Lake Naivasha

Bradley Gast shares photos with Serah Mwangi

Elsamere – Lake Naivasha

Lynn Hitschler shows Masaai children photos of themselves

A Masaai village near Ndabibi

Bradley, Josphat, and Bill at Elsamere

Discussing the need for an outreach van (2008)

Vivian and Bill chat with Joyce Kiruchi

Joyce founded Vision Express Academy – a private school

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Louise, Bill, Josphat, Thom, and Carol

A visit to the Great Rift Valley Lodge and Golf Resort where Josphat trades his manure for their organic waste

Josphat's brother Dave greets chief Asef Kariuki

An evening with community leaders

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Earth Wind Fire and Water team 2023

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

The first solar panel installed in 2007 – the entire Centre now runs on solar power

Purchased and installed with support from friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water

The drilling rig arrives at NECC

The borehole (well) project supported by friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water.

The 200-meter borehole reaches the third aquifer

A reliable source of potable water

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

The borehole supplies the compound and farm with ample water

A gift from the friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water completed January 2021.

The outreach van also serves weddings, funerals, and medical emergencies

Purchased in 2009 with support from friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water. A new van was funded in 2022.

Cattle are penned in a zero-grazing unit

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

The source of biogas

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centrre

The fixed-dome biogas digester under construction

Constructed with support from friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water

The completed fixed-dome biogas digester

Constructed with support from friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Cooking with biogas

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Wastepaper briquettes for cooking and heating

An alternative to firewood – Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Motorbike taxis in Ndabibi Village

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

A sack garden conserves water

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Youth gather for the August programme

Youth Training Programme supported by friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water

Students at Ndabibi Central Primary School

Education for a better life

Ndabibi Central Primary School

Enthusiastic students in Ndabibi Primary School

Josphat taught here for ten years prior to starting NECC

Emmanuel Primary School

Josphat served as Chairman of the PTA while his daughter, Sarah, was a student

Preparing the base for the solar hot water tank

Constructed with support from friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water

The solar hot water collector

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Reforestation – more than 10 million trees planted in 18 years

With help from national organizations, communities, and schoois

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Josphat demonstrates tree planting technique

Students plant seedlings in churchyards, schoolyards, and their communities

Josphat nurtures tree seedlings in his nursery

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Sheep and goats graze in the compound

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Educating women on unhealthy cultural practices

Thanks to World Vision

Educating women on unhealthy cultural practices

Thanks to World Vision

A composting toilet in the compound

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Amazing maize

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Water Friendly Farmers (WFF) in the classroom at NECC

WFF programmes are supported by friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water

Photo courtesy of Elijah Chege

Water Friendly Farmers train in the field at NECC

WFF programmes are supported by friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water

Photo courtesy of Elijah Chege

Students learn to read a rain gauge

Friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water support the Youth Training Programme at NECC

Josphat explains the biogas digester to students in the Youth Training Programme

Friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water support the Youth Training Programme at NECC

Learning sustainable agriculture hands-on

Friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water support the Youth Training Programme at NECC

Showing off produce grown at NECC

Friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water support the Youth Training Programme

Learners build bird houses for owls

Friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water support the Youth Training Programme at NECC

Students from University of the Arts (UArts) learn about Malaria firsthand

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre partners with University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA

UArts group teach Ndabibi students to use disposable cameras

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre partners with University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA

UArts and Ndabibi students give thumbs up

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre partners with the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Excavating the dam and water retention basin at NECC

An irrigation project sponsored by friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water

The completed water retention basin

An irrigation project sponsored by friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water

Josphat sets the hoses for drip irrigation at NECC

The dam and irrigation system supply water to two acres of crops year-round

Members of the Youth Training Programme learn about the aquaponics system

Ndabibi Enviroinmental Conservation Centre

Members of the Youth Training Programme investigate the fish ponds

Aquaponics at Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Greenhouse plants are fertilized with the effluent water from the fishponds

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Rabbits are cute and nutritious

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

300 chickens in the compound

Layers and broilers at Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Breakfast fruits from the farm at NECC

Josphat grows avacados and cultivates 8 varieties of bananas on the farm

Josphat shows Bill Gast the root cellar

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

The 18,052 gallon water retention tank completed in 2008

Sponsored by friends of Earth Wind Fire and Water

Villagers fill their jerrycans with well water

Villagers from as far as 40km fetch water from NECC’s borehole

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Josphat leads a school group through the farm

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Josphat refuels the NECC van

The only petrol station in Ndabibi

Josphat will plant trees in these 2' X 2' holes

He fills the holes with organic material and manure prior to planting.

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Welcome to the Bee Hotel

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Josphat explains the Bee Hotel to Viv Gast

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Josphat's Apiary

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Joseph milks the cows when he's home from college

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Mama Sow

Ndabibi Environmental Conservation Centre

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Josphat visits childhood schoolmates in old Ndabibi village

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

January heat and dust in Ndabibi village

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

Vivian, Carol, Louise, and Bill with Josphat

Preparing to depart NECC from Loldia airstrip

Photo courtesy of Thom Goertel

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