On 25th October 2018, The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, through Caritas Kenya launched an environmental campaign to raise awareness on the steps that Kenyans should take to conserve our environment and address pollution. This initiative was marked by planting of over 2,500 trees at the Shanzu teachers training college in Mombasa.

The Catholic environmental launch event was graced by the presence of The Archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of Mombasa and President of Caritas Kenya- Most. Rev. Martin Kivuva Musonde. The Guest of Honour for the event was the Director General of National Environmental Authority (NEMA) Professor Geoffrey Wahungu.

The event was also attended by: The National Director of Caritas Kenya Mr. Stephen Kituku, KCCB National Executive Secretaries, officials from the county government of Mombasa, all the 25 Diocesan Caritas Directors, representatives from: CAFOD, Misereor, Trocaire, Caritas Italiana, Caritas Switzerland, Caritas Kenya, different commissions of KCCB, Caritas Mombasa, NEMA, CYNESA, The SEED, Shanzu Teachers Training College, local media amongst others.