Mr. Dionisio Kariuki Ndegwa has a vision that if every man, woman and child would plant a tree to mark each birthday; nature would be restored and it would provide us all with more health in return. The negative effects of deforestation have continued to be felt across the communities and in the global sphere at large. Mr. Dionisio has witnessed deforestation lead to the destruction of water catchment areas which consequently led to the depletion of water resources and a chain-reaction that culminates into drought, sickness, and suffering.

To reverse this environmental crisis – Mr. Dionisio believes humanity has a chance to restore nature once it adopts an environmentally conscious culture. The Birthday Trees of Life is a concept he formulated with a purpose to instill environmental consciousness to community members from a tender age all through to adulthood. Associating tree planting with new life is an effective approach to using life to sustain life; a concept Mr. Dionisio believes to hold the significance of planting trees in the mind first, and then to the earth.