Irene Awino Ojuok

• Land use and food security
• Environmental and climate change
• Sustainable use of natural resources
• Gender
• Agriculture, land use, climate change

• Germany
• Kenya

ZEF Gender working group

Irene Ojuok in an Environmentalist with over 10 years’ experience working with rural communities in Kenya while working with World Vision Kenya. She holds a Bachelors in Environmental Studies, Masters in Project Planning and Management and recently has commenced her Doctoral research in Land Degradation and Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) in Kenya at the Right Livelihood College (RLC), Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn. Irene has vast experience in; project design & implementation, capacity building, fund raising, advocacy & policy influence, private sector partnerships and engagements, gender mainstreaming and documentation mainly on FMNR including other sustainable land management practices, climate change and community driven development models. She is passionate in transforming lives and landscapes through sustainable land restoration and livelihoods strengthening efforts notably FMNR which have seen her honored as Global Evergreening Ambassador, Tree Ambassador by Total Eco Challenge Kenya in 2016 and Global FMNR champion through FMNR Hub.

Master of Arts in Project Planning and Management

Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Resource Conservation)

Environment and Climate Change

DAAD and Right Livelihood College

Genscherallee 3

53113 Bonn, Germany

(+49) 15166989996

s7irojuo@uni-bonn.de

Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration: Rehabilitation of degraded smallholders land in Baringo County, Kenya

Prof. Dr. Christian Borgesmeister

Tony Rinaudo - Right Livelihood Laureate

Dr. Till Stellmacher

Irene Awino Ojuok-Updated 2021 CV.pdf [PDF]