Restoring land, honoring culture, and fostering leaders to re-imagine thriving communities.

The Nile Journeys is a bio-regional platform brings together land restoration and youth leadership to revive ecosystems, strengthen communities, and nurture a culture of peace through facilitated learning spaces, the design and implementation of restorative activities, and the sharing of indigenous wisdom and collaborative practices.

Within the themes of Ecological regeneration and youth development, our programs address intersecting areas such as gender equity, conflict resolution, peace building, environmental justice, and community resilience with in the regional context, ensuring holistic and inclusive approaches to regeneration.

We work with communities to restore land, conserve water, and build sustainable food systems, creating learning spaces that integrate practices such as permaculture, agro-forestry, soil regeneration, seed saving, and climate-adaptive farming. We root these efforts in local knowledge, community stewardship, and respect for the land, fostering biodiversity, enhancing food sovereignty, and strengthening livelihoods.

We practice being with the land, slowing down to listen to its rhythms, cultivating deep trust within communities, and acting with mindfulness toward all forms of life. In doing so, we revive ecosystems, renew connections to the land and to each other, and equip communities to meet environmental challenges with resilience and shared responsibility.

Regenerative Leadership Development

We nurture leadership, peace-building, and collaboration among young people by creating opportunities for cultural re-connection, practical skills development, creative expression, and meaningful exchange. Our programs create spaces where youth can learn from ancestral wisdom while engaging with contemporary tools and methods to address today's challenges.

We integrate practices such as dialogue facilitation, conflict resolution, and participatory leadership, enabling young people to work across differences and foster collective action. By cultivating deep trust, celebrating diversity, and encouraging mindfulness in their engagement, we support a generation of change-makers ready to regenerate communities, and imagine just and thriving futures for the Nile Basin.

The Nile Journeys is bringing the World Ethic Forum 2026 to Kenya

We are delighted to announce that the Nile Journeys will host the 5th edition of the World Ethic Forum in 2026, in Kenya. This edition's theme, Kaya: Sanctuaries of Earth's Aliveness, draws inspiration from Kenya's sacred forest groves places of deep cultural, spiritual, and ecological significance.

As Nile Journeys begins to take root in Kenya, this marks an important step in weaving together our local and bio-regional work. Together with communities, cultural custodians, and global participants, we will engage in meaningful conversations, share practical experiences, and co-create pathways for a world where people live in harmony with one another and the Earth.

The World Ethic Forum

Ecovillage Design Education

The Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) on the Nile is an immersive learning journey where participants explore how communities can live in harmony with nature while thriving socially, culturally, and economically. Over five weeks, rooted in Gaia Education’s EDE Curriculum learners engage in hands-on activities such as land restoration, water conservation, and sustainable food production, alongside training in peace-building, participatory leadership, and cultural revival.

Rooted in the four pillars of EDE worldview, social, ecological, and economic this program blends indigenous knowledge with contemporary regenerative practices. Participants work directly with local communities, applying what they learn in real-world contexts that restore ecosystems and strengthen livelihoods. By the end of the program, they leave not only with new skills but also with a deeper sense of connection, purpose, and the ability to co-create a just and resilient future.

EDE on the Nile 2023

Restoring land & community in Heissa Island

Through community-led land restoration, sustainable agriculture, and cultural revival, the Nile Journeys is working alongside local communities to heal degraded landscapes while strengthening their social fabric. By blending traditional wisdom with regenerative practices, we co-create solutions that not only restore the environment but also empower people to reclaim their agency and cultural heritage.

In partnership with residents of the island and Drosos foundation, the Nile journeys has been working on reviving the landscapes through agro-forestry, sustainable farming, and waste-to-resource projects. Nile Journeys has supported tree planting, composting, and community gardens to enhance food security and restore soil health. The initiative also empowers women farmers, providing them with resources and training to lead small-scale agriculture efforts. ➜ Read more

Nalubaale, Now Available!

In collaboration with Makouk, Nile Journeys presents Nalubalee a cooperative card game that brings the Nile ecosystem to life. As players journey down the river, they collect and protect the creatures of the Nile, form strategic sets, and use magical items to navigate challenges. Along the way, they flip map tiles to reveal new parts of the river, sparking curiosity and connection to this vital ecosystem. Nalubalee is more than a game it is an invitation to learn, cooperate, and celebrate the life that flows through the Nile.

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