DEFENCE ATTACHE TREE PLANTING

The Centre’s Director, Brig J C Sitieni, held a tree planting exercise at the Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS) to promote environmental sustainability with the title “Planting Trees for a Greener Future"

The Chief of Staff International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC), Lt Col Tobias Lyle gave his remarks on tree planting and environmental conservation as our planet faces unprecedented challenges, and it is our collective responsibility to safeguard it for future generations.He also emphasized that HPSS recently participated in the National Tree Planting of 5,000 trees, demonstrating our commitment to climate change adaptation and mitigation.

The Director gave her speech by expressing her gratitude to all the Defence Attaches accredited to Kenya for being part of the exercise. “The Kenyan Government targets to achieve 30% forest cover by the year 2032. This will be achieved by planting 15 billion trees and as a result, restore 10.6 million hectares of degraded land.

To achieve this target, IPSTC has revamped the Environmental Soldier Program (ESP) by starting a tree nursery, which currently has 4000 seedlings.” During the planting exercise, a total of 350 trees were planted, and 5000 seed balls.

NETHERLANDS DEFENCE ACADEMY VISIT

The Centre’s Director, Brig J C Sitienei, welcomed a delegation from the Netherlands Defence Academy, led by Professor Jan Willem Honig at our headquarters in Karen.

 

 

 

They were given a comprehensive brief on the Centre’s mandate in Peace Support Operations (PSO) training. Deliberate discussions were engaged in relation to exploring potential collaboration in Post Graduate education, and research between the two institutions and the guests were later given a brief tour of the Centre’s learning facilities.

 

 

 

 

 

To commemorate the day, a tree-planting ceremony was held in our flourishing gardens.

 

THE UNITED NATION TRIANGULAR PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME VISIT

The United Nation Triangular Partnership Programme, (UNTPP) Senior Program Manager, Ms Amy Weesner, today visited Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS), with an aim of conducting an After-Action Review on the pilot training on integrated Explosive Hazard Awareness Training (EHAT) and Heavy Engineering Equipment (HEE) intermediate training, which was necessitated by troops being deployed in explosive hazard environments. She was warmly welcomed by HPSS Deputy Commandant Lt Col K Opiyo.

 

 

 

 

She later visited the ongoing Heavy Engineering Equipment training to see the progress made.

 

 

In attendance was Col Marcus Schefer from Swiss Armed Forces and UNTPP Training Officer, Ms Mary Thiong'o.