Our monthly clean-up activity on Saturday June 3rd 2023 coincided with the annual World Environment Day celebrations and adopted the #BeatPlasticPollution theme. Waste management at the park has been a challenge and a significant percentage of the litter is plastics. (Sweets and biscuit wrappers, bottles and disposable plastic cups among others). This is evident especially […]
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On Sunday 30th April 2023, Friends of City Park Association (FoCPA), partnered with Chez Mahmadi and Loreto Convent Valley Road Primary School (LCVR) to organize a fun and very successful art auction as the very first fundraiser in aid of Nairobi City Park (CP). The event was held @ Chez Mahmadi, a centre that hosts […]
A Butterfly Expedition at City Park, Nairobi
As participants gathered at the Park entrance we were treated to a pair of skipper butterflies, doing quick hops around a short duranta bush. Immediately we are introduced to the first lesson of the day; you can tell a butterfly’s family by how they fly. According to the expert present, the Skipper butterflies belong to […]
#CityParkMemories: In Loving Memory of
“This is the wealthiest place,” commented Lela on Saturday the 12th of December 2020, as we stood by the Commonwealth War Graves at Forest Road Cemetery, City Park. Indeed, the ages on the tombstones ranged from 18 to 30, and one cannot help but wonder what would have happened if the world wars never happened […]